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Old 21st February 2008   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cosmicperl View Post
I'm planning on grabbing one of supermicro's 2 inodes in 1u servers.
Why ?
Uses twice the power
Generates twice the heat
Has half the life expectancy
Needs twice the network connectivity
and 50% of the Colo providers wont touch them

So you're much better off buying 2 decent 1u servers...
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