Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Feb 2003 12:24:28 -0800 | From | William Lee Irwin III <> | Subject | Re: Minutes from Feb 21 LSE Call |
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On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 11:56:42AM -0800, Larry McVoy wrote: > Err, here's a news flash. Dell has just one server with more than > 4 CPUS and it tops out at 8. Everything else is clusters. And they > call any machine that doesn't have a head a server, they have servers > starting $299. Yeah, that's right, $299. > http://www.dell.com/us/en/bsd/products/series_pedge_servers.htm
Sounds like low-capacity boxen meant to minimize colocation costs via rackspace minimization.
On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 11:56:42AM -0800, Larry McVoy wrote: > How much do you want to bet that more than 95% of their server revenue > comes from 4CPU or less boxes? I wouldn't be surprised if it is more > like 99.5%. And you can configure yourself a pretty nice quad xeon box > for $25K. Yeah, there is some profit in there but nowhere near the huge > margins you are counting on to make your case.
Ask their marketing dept. or something. I can maximize utility integrals and find Nash equilibria, but can't tell you Dell's secrets.
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