nicholab Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 HP new G6 server are out now!!!!!!!!!! The DL380 G6 looks amazing it's got 4 network ports. 1
Michael Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 144Gb max main memory So it must support single memory sticks with a capacity of 16GB each? I don't think it actually exists 'yet'.
Theblacksheep Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 The Bl490 appeals: 144GB max (I think only 8GB sticks are available at the mo) 2X mez expansions
nicholab Posted April 2, 2009 Author Posted April 2, 2009 (edited) Some x86 server support 256GB of RAM By the way 18 x 8 =144 32 x 8=256 Edited April 2, 2009 by nicholab
tmcd35 Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 So it must support single memory sticks with a capacity of 16GB each? I don't think it actually exists 'yet'. http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13234_div/13234_div.html 18 slots - 9 per processor. Only half the memory available if 1 processor used. So it'd be 8Gb DDR3 ram being used.
PeterW Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 Limited availability and high premiums for 8GB DIMMs Although I'm sure this will change over time.
Butuz Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 To be honest you'd be insane to buy anything other than SUN at the moment what with their buy one get one free offers for schools! Butuz 1
Michael Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 I had a look at the specs and it is 18 x 8GB. Must be bordering on the limit of how many slots can be fit on a modern motherboard.
Theblacksheep Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 I had a look at the specs and it is 18 x 8GB. Must be bordering on the limit of how many slots can be fit on a modern motherboard. especially in a half height blade!
K.C.Leblanc Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 especially in a half height blade! Erm, it's a 2U rackmount.
Theblacksheep Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 Erm, it's a 2U rackmount. The BL490 isnt, the blade version of the new xeons with the same memory expansion ability.
actech Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 To be honest you'd be insane to buy anything other than SUN at the moment what with their buy one get one free offers for schools! Butuz How would I go about finding if this offer is available down here??
K.C.Leblanc Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 The BL490 isnt Ahh I missed that, the post you commented was about the DL380G6 as is this thread.
powdarrmonkey Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 How would I go about finding if this offer is available down here?? Sun Australia > Contact Sun Sales
Theblacksheep Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 Ahh I missed that, the post you commented was about the DL380G6 as is this thread. Indeed, but not much point starting another thread about the same hardware in a different box.... its the G6 bit thats important.
Soulfish Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 It's nice to see HP catching up with what Sun offer on their servers (number of memory slots, number of network ports as standard). Now if they could only fit the 2U server into 1U like Sun and offer something similar to matching grant then I'd be able to consider them again Can't wait to see what Suns new range of Xeon servers is like when they release them next week 1
Butuz Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 Oo there's new sun servers next week??? Glad you told me that! Butuz
maniac Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 To be honest you'd be insane to buy anything other than SUN at the moment what with their buy one get one free offers for schools! Butuz Do you buy directly from sun, or do you use a reseller? If so, would you mind sharing? I've always brought HP servers, but if you really can buy one get one free, then suddenly sun are looking more attractive and I'm going to do some research I think!
Butuz Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 Reseller - The Cutter Project who specialise in SUN kit in UK schools. Send a PM to linescanner on this forum as that is Andy Trevor the Technical Director - he'll sort you out with whatever servers you want from a Single Opteron jobby with 4gb ram to a 8 way quad core beast with 128GB ram. I only discovered SUN servers a couple of weeks ago and after getting in touch and several long chats with Andy - it's been a revelation and is saving us £thousands. I was going to go with either HP or Dell - but frankly they don't exist any more as far as I am concerned. Butuz 1
Soulfish Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 (edited) Reseller - The Cutter Project who specialise in SUN kit in UK schools. Send a PM to linescanner on this forum as that is Andy Trevor the Technical Director - he'll sort you out with whatever servers you want from a Single Opteron jobby with 4gb ram to a 8 way quad core beast with 128GB ram. I only discovered SUN servers a couple of weeks ago and after getting in touch and several long chats with Andy - it's been a revelation and is saving us £thousands. I was going to go with either HP or Dell - but frankly they don't exist any more as far as I am concerned. Butuz I'm the same. Needed to spec some new servers, so looked at getting some D380 G5's and a HP SAN, and then I heard about the Sun offer. Gave The Cutter Project a call and Andy spent a good while going through and requoting me on a huge array of different options. I've just gone ahead and ordered (the PO got faxed this morning ) 4 x Sun Fire X4150's (4x 146gb 10k SAS drives, 32gb ram, 2 x intel xeon quad core E5450, 4x gigabit nic, onboard lights out with dedicated network port) and a Sun 7110 2tb storage system for a great price. Actually you can see the price list at Sun Microsystems - UK - Promotions - FY09 2H Matching Grant Programme. After looking at the Sun kit it's got some great features. Unlike other manufacturers it has a fully featured onboard lights out - no having to buy licenses for extra feature packs (ala HP!). The SAN is also fully featured. Want to do replication or snapshotting? No problem, and no need to purchase extra licenses for even more cash - it's already included. They've also managed to fit into 1U what others were taking 2U to do, and I still get more memory sockets and network ports then the HP or Dell equivalents in that 1U space. I did see if Dell could match/beat the pricing on the Suns but they were still around 20% more per server! Edited April 2, 2009 by Soulfish 1
Butuz Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 Nice one! Are you virtualising as well? Cheers Andrew
Soulfish Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 Nice one! Are you virtualising as well? Cheers Andrew Yep - opted for Citrix XenServer Enterprise. Just couldn't justify the VMware costs!
DMcCoy Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 Sun Microsystems - UK - Promotions - FY09 2H Matching Grant Programme An example of this commitment is our Matching Grant programme currently on offer to Higher Education institutions. Can schools use it or not then?
Butuz Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 Yep - opted for Citrix XenServer Enterprise. Just couldn't justify the VMware costs! Hehe exactly the same here! My mate who's a VMWare architect in a large company also reccomended XEN to me, particularly as I am planning on running Terminal Servers virtualised - he is testing Xen server against his existing VMWare system and he has been raving about the performance of his Xen terminal servers! Butuz 1
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