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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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