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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">Perhaps this would make for a good Wiki page?<br>
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List a few "labs" (without specifics regarding a retailer) and some of the advantages/gotcha's of each lab setup.<br>
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I had wished that some of the Quick-Start guides were able to provide this type of guidance (but I completely understand why the don't, or shouldn't) but.. if you have a fairly detailed idea of exactly what you are about to commit to, I think it makes it easier.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 03, 2014 11:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Dave Neary<br>
<b>Cc:</b> rdo-list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Rdo-list] Cheap, quiet hardware for a small RDO installation?<br>
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<div>Here's a cart I put together today for $244 that gives 4 cores, 8GB RAM (add $65 for 16GB RAM), 1TB of slow spinning platters (I paid and extra $5 to get 64MB cache over 32MB, but would be curious to see how well the hybrid drives work as a compromise).<br>
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Couple that PC with the HP NC380T 2xGbe cards for $20 each and you've got a decent SOHO openstack node for about $275 with shipping.<br>
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<p style="margin:0px"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811154079" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank">APEX TX-373 Black Computer Case</a><br>
Item #:N82E16811154079<br>
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy</p>
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$39.99<br>
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<p style="margin:0px"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16819113364" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank">AMD Athlon 5350 2.05GHz Socket AM1 Desktop Processor</a><br>
Item #:N82E16819113364<br>
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy</p>
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$59.99<br>
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<a href="http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/AddToCart.aspx?Submit=ADD&ItemList=N82E16819113364%7c1" title="Add AMD Athlon 5350 2.05GHz Socket AM1 Desktop Processor to cart" target="_blank"><img class="" title="Add AMD Athlon 5350 2.05GHz Socket AM1 Desktop Processor to cart" alt="Add AMD Athlon 5350 2.05GHz Socket AM1 Desktop Processor to cart" src="http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail/transactional/images/Function/btn_ADD-TO-CART.gif" style="border:medium none"></a></td>
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<p style="margin:0px"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813130759" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank">MSI AM1I Mini ITX AMD Motherboard</a><br>
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$29.99<br>
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<p style="border:1px solid rgb(187,187,187); margin-top:0px; min-height:45px"><img class="" src="http://images10.newegg.com/ProductImageCompressAll/22-148-840-03.jpg" alt="Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive" title="Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive"></p>
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<p style="margin:0px"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822148840" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank">Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive</a><br>
Item #:N82E16822148840<br>
Return Policy: Iron Egg Guarantee Return Policy</p>
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<font style="text-decoration:line-through">$69.99</font><br>
$49.99<br>
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<p style="border:1px solid rgb(187,187,187); margin-top:0px; min-height:45px"><img class="" src="http://images10.newegg.com/ProductImageCompressAll/20-313-472-01.jpg" alt="Team Elite 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop MemoryModel TED38G1600C1101" title="Team Elite 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop MemoryModel TED38G1600C1101"></p>
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<p style="margin:0px"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820313472" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank">Team Elite 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory</a><br>
Item #:N82E16820313472<br>
Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy</p>
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$64.99<br>
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<a href="http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/AddToCart.aspx?Submit=ADD&ItemList=N82E16820313472%7c1" title="Add Team Elite 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory to cart" target="_blank"><img class="" title="Add Team Elite 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory to cart" alt="Add Team Elite 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory to cart" src="http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail/transactional/images/Function/btn_ADD-TO-CART.gif" style="border:medium none"></a></td>
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If anyone has ideas to get better capabilities for a similar price I'm all ears.<br>
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<div>(Options might be to look for refurb/liquidated DDR3 PC-1600 DIMMs to shave another ~$20 off each unit)<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Kodiak Firesmith <span dir="ltr">
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<div>I recently did this using micro-ATX to save money over they shuttle / ITX form factor. I built around the cheapest low-wattage AMD quad-core APU I could find on Newegg with 8GB RAM on each box and slow 1tb spinning platters. I think I got down to about
$340 / each for all components including PCI-e 2x1GB NICs I got second hand from a parts liquidator. If you are interested in specifics I can try to compile them after work.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Dave Neary <span dir="ltr">
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Hi,<br>
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I'm looking for ideas of mini PCs I can use for a small RDO cloud -<br>
looking at maybe 3 shuttle PCs, each with "enough" disk (maybe 800GB<br>
total storage) and RAM (8GB per PC enough?). Also, I'm wondering if 2<br>
NICs is reasonable to ask for. My desired price point is *low* - all 3<br>
for under $1000 would be ideal, failing that, as close to it as possible.<br>
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Anyone have recommendations for hardware that would serve this process?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Dave.<br>
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