By: Michael S (already5chosen.delete@this.yahoo.com), November 10, 2008 6:56 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
EduardoS (no@spam.com) on 11/10/08 wrote:
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>Michael S (already5chosen@yahoo.com) on 11/9/08 wrote:
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>>Avoided by whom? By HP, may be, that just recently started to sell it in DL1xx
>>(180) line and still has no 5100-based machines in DL3xx line, but not by customers and not by other server vendors.
>>IMHO, HP should replace DL320 with 1S 5100-based gear ASAP.
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>My last company skiped DL180 because of the chipset (ok, because of it's low memory
>capacity too),
I'd guess that in today's economic conditions they would reconsider. Apart from price advantage, DL180 memory is compatible with Opterons and likely compatible with incoming Nehalems => simplified spare parts management.
>it looks like more a desktop chipset than a server one, maybe an option for a very low end servers...
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Aren't you confusing 5100MCH chipset with 3000/3100? Registered DDR2 and triple PCIe x8 don't look like desktop features to me.
>And it's not just HP, Sun simpels doesn't have those very low end server so no
>5100, there is no dual socket rack with 5100 from Dell same for IBM.
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5100 is certainly more interesting for single socket than for dual and more interesting for towers and blades than for classic racks. But I wouldn't call the chipset that in single-socket configuration easily beats Sun M3000 and in dual-socket is competitive with many M4000 models a very low end. Just "low end", no need for "very".
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>Michael S (already5chosen@yahoo.com) on 11/9/08 wrote:
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>>Avoided by whom? By HP, may be, that just recently started to sell it in DL1xx
>>(180) line and still has no 5100-based machines in DL3xx line, but not by customers and not by other server vendors.
>>IMHO, HP should replace DL320 with 1S 5100-based gear ASAP.
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>My last company skiped DL180 because of the chipset (ok, because of it's low memory
>capacity too),
I'd guess that in today's economic conditions they would reconsider. Apart from price advantage, DL180 memory is compatible with Opterons and likely compatible with incoming Nehalems => simplified spare parts management.
>it looks like more a desktop chipset than a server one, maybe an option for a very low end servers...
>
Aren't you confusing 5100MCH chipset with 3000/3100? Registered DDR2 and triple PCIe x8 don't look like desktop features to me.
>And it's not just HP, Sun simpels doesn't have those very low end server so no
>5100, there is no dual socket rack with 5100 from Dell same for IBM.
>
5100 is certainly more interesting for single socket than for dual and more interesting for towers and blades than for classic racks. But I wouldn't call the chipset that in single-socket configuration easily beats Sun M3000 and in dual-socket is competitive with many M4000 models a very low end. Just "low end", no need for "very".
