Boston 3000GP review
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Verdict
Four of the very latest quad-core Opteron processors, dual motherboards, low power consumption, full remote server management and all in a 1U rack chassis - what more do you want?
Review Date: 12 Nov 2008
Reviewed By: Dave Mitchell
Price when reviewed: £5,859 (£6,738 inc VAT)
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| Details | |
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| Part Code | 3000GP |
| Review Date | 12 Nov 2008 |
| Price ex VAT | £5,859 |
| Warranty | |
|---|---|
| Warranty | 3yr on-site |
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| Physical | |
|---|---|
| Server format | Rack |
| Server configuration | 1U |
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| CPU family | AMD Opteron |
| CPU nominal frequency | 2.60GHz |
| Processors supplied | 4 |
| CPU socket count | 4 |
| Memory | |
|---|---|
| RAM capacity | 256GB |
| Memory type | DDR2 |
| Storage | |
|---|---|
| Hard disk configuration | 4 x 1TB WD1000FYPS hard disks in hot-swap carriers |
| Total hard disk capacity | 4,000 |
| RAID module | Nvidia SATA II |
| RAID levels supported | 0, 1, 10, 5, JBOD |
| Networking | |
|---|---|
| Gigabit LAN ports | 4 |
| ILO? |
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| Motherboard | |
|---|---|
| Conventional PCI slots total | 0 |
| PCI-E x16 slots total | 0 |
| PCI-E x8 slots total | 0 |
| PCI-E x4 slots total | 0 |
| PCI-E x1 slots total | 0 |
| Power supply | |
|---|---|
| Power supply rating | 980W |
| Noise and power | |
|---|---|
| Idle power consumption | 188W |
| Peak power consumption | 335W |
| Software | |
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| OS family | None |
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