[5616] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan)
Tue Oct 22 18:52:57 1996
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 18:10:07 -0400
From: Dan <danny@intercom.com>
To: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
cc: alexis@panix.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199610211504.LAA05965@access.netaxs.com>
I didn't get an exact quote, but it's around $1800 for a case, ps, fd,
backplane and CPU card without the CPU. Be aware the CS500 has space for
only one low profile hard drive unless you take out the floppy. It has 2
ISA, 2 PCI and one ISA/PCI slot for the CPU card. Nice box, but costly
when you consider for the same price you can get a box with similar specs
PLUS 32 MB RAM, 3 GB HD, Pentium Pro 200 CPU.
On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Avi Freedman wrote:
> > They're pretty costly, but they run cool, take up wee space and use only
> > 65 watts for the CS500 standard version. We've standardized on them for
> > our colo recommendation. They charge about $2700 for a case, power supply,
> > passive backplane, floppy drive and P120 CPU card that comes with video
> > and all the basic ports. We always source the hard drive and memory
> > separately due to their exorbitant rates. I never priced one out without
> > the CPU though I was thinking I'd ask about that next time I call. They're
> > CPU prices are the most outrageous part, and I keep reminding them that
> > they're out of line with the industry by a mile. The price differential
> > between the P120 and the P166 for example is $900! You can get a P200 Pro
> > for less than that.
> >
> > ...chop
> >
> > Dan
>
> If you have any luck getting CPU-less pricing from them, please tell me
> or nanog@. These are VERY nice colo boxes.
>
> Avi
>
>
