Dear Santa,
I'm sure I've been good enough this year to warrant one of these http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/13/dell_preps_quad_core_mobile/
(Quad-core, 16G memory, 1G on board, dual H/Drives with 1TB, etc.)
Thoughts from Data Platform MVP and Microsoft RD – Dr Greg Low
Dear Santa,
I'm sure I've been good enough this year to warrant one of these http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/13/dell_preps_quad_core_mobile/
(Quad-core, 16G memory, 1G on board, dual H/Drives with 1TB, etc.)
Nice specs, but it's a Dell, so if you get it in December it will probably die sometime in mid-March.
Yowzah Greg!
Maybe we can arrange a bulk buy with a reasonable discount?
I want this for Christmas…
Cray CX1
Redundant Power Supplies Single Phase Hot Swap Power Module
Form Factor Deskside Rolling Tray 1 CX1DSRT
Warranty CXC108 – 3 Years Onsite NBD
CS5408 Storage Node CS5408 (DP – 8 x HS HDD)
2 Xeon Quad-Core E5472 3.0GHz 12M 1600 MHz
32 GB Memory 8x4GB FBDIMM DDR2 800MHz ECC/Reg
Internal Fixed Hard Drive 320GB 7.2K RPM SATA 3Gbps 2.5"
RAID controller LSI SAS/SATA 8708EM2 8 ports, 3GB/s w/ Battery backup
8 250GB Hot-Swap Hard Drives 7.2K RPM SATA 3Gbps 2.5"
And all for just under $25,000