Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 01:11:27 -0600 From: Ken Gunderson <kgunders@teamcool.net> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rackmount MP AMD boxes? Message-ID: <20050516011127.7fdeea00.kgunders@teamcool.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.20050515211634.00b041d8@pop.redshift.com> References: <m28y2hxitg.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> <3.0.1.32.20050515211634.00b041d8@pop.redshift.com>
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On Sun, 15 May 2005 21:16:34 -0700 ray@redshift.com wrote: > Hi George, > > We buy all our cluster servers from these guys. Great prices on AMD stuff > (including dual core) and the best after sales service I've found in years. > They have very nice cases and can pretty much hook you up with whatever you need. > > http://www.opensourcestorage.com > > They sell to all the big companies using open source, such as FreeBSD, etc and > have rolled out several 400 and 500+ node projects recently in data centers in > and around our area (San Jose). > > Ask for Eren and feel free to let him know Ray referred you. They should be > able to handle whatever you need as far as AMD boxes. > > Ray My distributor was temporarily out of stock so I tried to do some biz w/ these guys recently. They kept pushing Intel, Intel, Intel... Prices were way higher than I could get elsewhere and they told me in not so many words that I was too small time to be of much interest to them. A few hundred nodes might pique their interest but one certainly didn't. Did talk w/one of their tech guys for about an hour or so and he was quite knowledgeable and helpful. Experience w/sales dept. was just the opposite. Arrogant would sum it up... -- Best regards, Ken Gunderson GPG Key-- 9F5179FD "Freedom begins between the ears." -- Edward Abbey
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