[SGVLUG] 1-2U Rack Mount System for ~$500 Dollars?

[sean at seanodonnell.com]

Have you checked out Iron Systems?

I've had great success w/ them in the past, and they have some Class-A servers
that are < $500.

http://www.ironsystems.com/items.asp?Cc=ACLASS

You can even negotiate w/ the sales guy, especially if you're buying 
more than 1
or 2 items.

Good luck!

Sean O'Donnell
www.seanodonnell.com

Quoting Max Clark <max at clarksys.com>:

> Hi all,
>
> Companies like ev1servers.net have leveraged the incredibly low cost 
> towers (like this Dell - http://xrl.us/i724 Link to 
> configure.us.dell.com) to offer aggressive pricing on dedicated 
> servers with a rapid ROI in the revenue stream. This of course 
> requires ample low cost floor space which isn't readily available in 
> Los Angeles.
>
> This being said I am looking for a more dense form factor to better 
> maximize the fixed floor space cost. It seems that no matter how I 
> cut it an entry level 1U always seems to price at the $1,000 dollar 
> mark, which is more than I want to pay for this purpose.
>
> Does anyone know a source where I can purchase a 1-2U form factor 
> case w/ a Celeron processor, 512MB Ram, and a single Hard Drive in 
> the $500 territory?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Max
>
> -- 
>   Max Clark
>   max [at] clarksys.com
>   http://www.clarksys.com
>