I do plan to have a retail location eventually, but even having its own line won't provide the security of a VISI colo. :) I'm trying to offset high startup costs with a low month-to-month cost. If I can minimized long-term upgrades up front, then it is worth it. If I can save on colo costs by building a bigger machine, then it is worth it. Why? The IRS looks the other way for about $10000 for one-time startup costs for a sole proprietorship. (IE, it's deductable once from your yearly taxes). Nick Reinking jcook at k-lug.com, on 09/19/2000 04:29:13 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org @ PMDF cc: Subject: Re: [TCLUG:21429] Server recommendations yeah i didnt think about colo, thought if you're starting your own bizz you may get your own wire pulled to a new building...blah, back to school work. Justin Cook Slightly Tired t.o. Staff mailto:jsc at themes.org http://kde.themes.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <Nick.T.Reinking at supervalu.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:21429] Server recommendations > The ServerWorks chipset is quite a beast, also, providing > the kind of bandwidth that you would see on a Sun box. All > in all, it provides 800MB/sec of aggregate PCI bus bandwidth. > > Intel is pretty impressed with it, too. It provides a higher throughput, > and lower latency, than any Intel chipset (RDRAM, SDRAM, single > or dual channel). Even Intel is adopting it in a future 4-way CPU/memory > configuration. (ala Profusion) > > In addition, monitoring chips on the motherboard can provide info about: > All CPU temps > System temps > Chassis intrusion > 4 voltage input monitors > 4 fan-speed monitors > (I don't know if the OS can see that, tho) > > Also, the reason why I'm not clustering is this: > It costs $195 per machine for colocation - saving $500 by clustering > two smaller machines would be gobbled up quite quickly by > colocation costs. :( > > Nick Reinking > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org -------------- next part -------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org