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Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives
I am looking for a Dell workstation that takes dual dual-core processors (so
eight cores) and has room internally for at least four 5 1/4" devices (DVD, Creative Sound Blaster I/O panel, and two drive containers that hold four 2.5" SAS drives in each 5 1/4" drive bay (so eight 2.5 SAS drives). At least one PCI Express video would be needed. Two PCI Express video would be fine. What are my options if I want a Dell Precision or XPS? -- Will |
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Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives
the xps720 is probably the only system currently avail that may
accommodate that. 4 5-1/4 drive bays, 4 internal 3-1/2 drive bays and 2 external 3-1/2 bays. Will wrote: I am looking for a Dell workstation that takes dual dual-core processors (so eight cores) and has room internally for at least four 5 1/4" devices (DVD, Creative Sound Blaster I/O panel, and two drive containers that hold four 2.5" SAS drives in each 5 1/4" drive bay (so eight 2.5 SAS drives). At least one PCI Express video would be needed. Two PCI Express video would be fine. What are my options if I want a Dell Precision or XPS? |
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Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives
But I don't believe it supports two CPUs, does it?
-----Original Message----- From: JayB ] Posted At: Monday, June 30, 2008 6:56 PM Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell Conversation: Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives Subject: Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives the xps720 is probably the only system currently avail that may accommodate that. 4 5-1/4 drive bays, 4 internal 3-1/2 drive bays and 2 external 3-1/2 bays. Will wrote: I am looking for a Dell workstation that takes dual dual-core processors (so eight cores) and has room internally for at least four 5 1/4" devices (DVD, Creative Sound Blaster I/O panel, and two drive containers that hold four 2.5" SAS drives in each 5 1/4" drive bay (so eight 2.5 SAS drives). At least one PCI Express video would be needed. Two PCI Express video would be fine. What are my options if I want a Dell Precision or XPS? |
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Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives
What about building your own? ... Ben Myers
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:15:50 -0700, "Will" wrote: I am looking for a Dell workstation that takes dual dual-core processors (so eight cores) and has room internally for at least four 5 1/4" devices (DVD, Creative Sound Blaster I/O panel, and two drive containers that hold four 2.5" SAS drives in each 5 1/4" drive bay (so eight 2.5 SAS drives). At least one PCI Express video would be needed. Two PCI Express video would be fine. What are my options if I want a Dell Precision or XPS? |
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Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives
"Tom Scales" wrote in message news:402CD7B8ED334948B6A89B944209A313@M2010... But I don't believe it supports two CPUs, does it? I think the OP's choices are reduced to the Precision T7400 for both the CPU and hard drive capacity issues, or at least according to Dell's own specs at the site: http://www.dell.com/content/products...=04&l=en&s=bsd |
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Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives
you are right, only 1 proc.
I guess the t7400 is it. Tom Scales wrote: But I don't believe it supports two CPUs, does it? -----Original Message----- From: JayB ] Posted At: Monday, June 30, 2008 6:56 PM Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell Conversation: Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives Subject: Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives the xps720 is probably the only system currently avail that may accommodate that. 4 5-1/4 drive bays, 4 internal 3-1/2 drive bays and 2 external 3-1/2 bays. Will wrote: I am looking for a Dell workstation that takes dual dual-core processors (so eight cores) and has room internally for at least four 5 1/4" devices (DVD, Creative Sound Blaster I/O panel, and two drive containers that hold four 2.5" SAS drives in each 5 1/4" drive bay (so eight 2.5 SAS drives). At least one PCI Express video would be needed. Two PCI Express video would be fine. What are my options if I want a Dell Precision or XPS? |
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Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives
"Ben Myers" wrote in message
... What about building your own? ... Ben Myers That would be for those with unlimited time and unlimited love of finding compatible device drivers.... I view Dell as 90% of the benefit of a custom solution at 1/10th the time expenditure. For me it is the right balance. -- Will On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:15:50 -0700, "Will" wrote: I am looking for a Dell workstation that takes dual dual-core processors (so eight cores) and has room internally for at least four 5 1/4" devices (DVD, Creative Sound Blaster I/O panel, and two drive containers that hold four 2.5" SAS drives in each 5 1/4" drive bay (so eight 2.5 SAS drives). At least one PCI Express video would be needed. Two PCI Express video would be fine. What are my options if I want a Dell Precision or XPS? |
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Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives
"JayB" wrote in message
... you are right, only 1 proc. I guess the t7400 is it. Or I guess I could also go with Precision 690? What would I be giving up in that case? I guess Precision 690 will only do SATA RAID instead of SAS or SATA? Probably there are other important differences? -- Will Tom Scales wrote: But I don't believe it supports two CPUs, does it? -----Original Message----- From: JayB ] Posted At: Monday, June 30, 2008 6:56 PM Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell Conversation: Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives Subject: Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives the xps720 is probably the only system currently avail that may accommodate that. 4 5-1/4 drive bays, 4 internal 3-1/2 drive bays and 2 external 3-1/2 bays. Will wrote: I am looking for a Dell workstation that takes dual dual-core processors (so eight cores) and has room internally for at least four 5 1/4" devices (DVD, Creative Sound Blaster I/O panel, and two drive containers that hold four 2.5" SAS drives in each 5 1/4" drive bay (so eight 2.5 SAS drives). At least one PCI Express video would be needed. Two PCI Express video would be fine. What are my options if I want a Dell Precision or XPS? |
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Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives
Will wrote:
I am looking for a Dell workstation that takes dual dual-core processors (so eight cores) and has room internally for at least four 5 1/4" devices (DVD, Creative Sound Blaster I/O panel, and two drive containers that hold four 2.5" SAS drives in each 5 1/4" drive bay (so eight 2.5 SAS drives). At least one PCI Express video would be needed. Two PCI Express video would be fine. What are my options if I want a Dell Precision or XPS? Sounds like you should be looking into the PowerEdge line. You can get those with like 4 Quad Cores, 32Gbytes of RAM, Hotswap redundant power supplies, and front accessible hot swappable drive arrays. In our data center, he have racks of those puppies minus all the disk drives as they are SAN attached. Dell has stand alone versions available though. I know you said workstation. But work station vs server is really a matter of purpose. Get the platform which has the specifications you need and put to the purpose you want. |
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Dual Dual Core Processor and Room for Eight 2.5 Drives
"Columbotrek" wrote in message ... Will wrote: I am looking for a Dell workstation that takes dual dual-core processors (so eight cores) and has room internally for at least four 5 1/4" devices (DVD, Creative Sound Blaster I/O panel, and two drive containers that hold four 2.5" SAS drives in each 5 1/4" drive bay (so eight 2.5 SAS drives). At least one PCI Express video would be needed. Two PCI Express video would be fine. What are my options if I want a Dell Precision or XPS? Sounds like you should be looking into the PowerEdge line. You can get those with like 4 Quad Cores, 32Gbytes of RAM, Hotswap redundant power supplies, and front accessible hot swappable drive arrays. In our data center, he have racks of those puppies minus all the disk drives as they are SAN attached. Dell has stand alone versions available though. I know you said workstation. But work station vs server is really a matter of purpose. Get the platform which has the specifications you need and put to the purpose you want. The only issue I see with that is the OP's need for a PCIexpress video slot....... ? |
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