[TriLUG] Purchasing a Linux cluster

[Chris Hedemark]

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On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 05:33 PM, John Franklin wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 05:32:11PM -0500, Dave Schwartzburg wrote:
>> You might want to take a look at IBM's BladeCenter server.  It is
>> scalable up to 14 blades in one chassis, and you can start out with
>> however many blades you'd like.
>
> Dell has some blade servers out, too.  You can expect anybody with an
> interest in enterprise computing to come out with one in the next few
> months.

I would be concerned about Dell's commitment to Linux, while on the 
flip side I have no doubts as to the commitment IBM has for Linux.

Chris Hedemark .. Hillsborough, NC .. http://yonderway.com
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