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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (21876)	10/27/1999 9:05:00 PM
From: cfimx	Respond to of 64865

>>any time soon<< charles, i noticed you qualified that. very clever.

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (21876)	10/27/1999 9:27:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

I don't see the inevitability that Intel will ship 256 node servers any time soon, nor do I see the inevitability if they _do_ ship such a thing that it will perform. Maybe he meant "256 NERD servers" which is how many admins and engineers it takes to keep microsoft.com on-line. <g> -JCJ

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (21876)	10/28/1999 10:29:00 AM
From: Stormweaver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Forget 256 - focus on 4 and 8 way; that's where they will fly. The bulk of the mid-server market is 2-8 way machines. An 8-way 700MHZ PIII box with 512M RAM, 100GB RAID could one day cost as little as... 8 CPU * $1000 = 8000 (based on $849/cpu large quantities) 512M RAM = 800 100 GB RAID = 5000 Mboard + case = 1000 Net card(s) = 300 Backup = 1000 UPS = 1000 ==================== ~18,000.00 + tax = < $24,000.00 ! Now what does an 8-way Sun box cost ?