[Exim] Revised Alpha4 Pricing

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Author: Mike Meredith
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Subject: [Exim] Revised Alpha4 Pricing
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Sun V880 with 2xUSIII 750MHz CPU's, 4Gbyte memory       26,100
or Sun V880 with 4xUSIII 750MHz CPU's, 8Gbyte memory    43,600
 (common spec ... 6x36Gbyte disks (only 2 wanted)
                  DVD
                  3 PSU's
  System is expandable up to 8 CPU's. Internal disk storage
  not used (except for system disk) due to use of T3 with an
  eye to eventual migration to SAN storage)


T3 fibre array (280Gbytes RAID5 storage)                33,700
2xPCI FC-AL adaptors (dual for failover)                 4,200
L9 tape library                                          7,100
Sun Rack + necessary parts                        approx 7,500


Total1                                                  78,600
Total2                                                  96,100


with estimated 65% discount
(probably overoptimistic, but calculated from the price for a T3 which
is available from Sun & QAssoc)

Total1                                                  27,510
Total2                                                  33,635


with VAT

Total1                                                  32,324
Total2                                                  39,521
Total3 (4 CPU price with additional 2 CPU)              47,787


(The Fire3800 would be more suitable, but starting price with 65%
discount is 56,000)

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