Terra Soft Releases Rackable Dual G4/1GHz 38
pinqkandi writes "Terra Soft Solutions just released their new GVS 9000, a dual G4/1GHz 2U rack system. With Mac OS X and Yellow Dog Linux pre-installed, along with the Black Lab clustering suite, these boxes pack quite a lot of power. $3,839 + shipping." Another user adds, "As an added bonus, now you know where to go to find Linux users who look like Cindy Crawford." Yes, well.
Re:How about (Score:1)
Re:How about (Score:1)
A linux user who looks like Cindy Crawford (Score:2, Funny)
Re:A linux user who looks like Cindy Crawford (Score:1)
Very interesting development - I know my company wants to move all our development and hosting to G4s...I'll pass this story upline.
Servers and one crazy beowolf cluster (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Servers and one crazy beowolf cluster (Score:1)
I realize these boxes don't use any apple (c) ROMs, but if OS X doesn't need them, then cloning is back, yes?
Could we possibly see some non-apple PPC OSX-compatible laptops in the future? Competition is the american way, remember.
Re:Servers and one crazy beowolf cluster (Score:1)
Re:Servers and one crazy beowolf cluster (Score:1)
I find that hard to believe. Doesn't sound very cost-effective. (!)
I doubt apple would hookup a bulk rate for them either.
Re:Servers and one crazy beowolf cluster (Score:2)
briQ (Score:1)
Not exactly what you were thinking of, but you can buy a briQ [terrasoftsolutions.com] from Terrasoft. Teeny little PPC computer that can fit in a drive bay (!). The 500Mhz G4 is $1985, the 500Mhz G3 is $1485.
This was news to me.
rack case ? (Score:1)
I mailed GVS but I got no reply for the moment.
Re:rack case ? (Score:1)
and well, I don't know her enough to tell if she's bi
no rack case available... (Score:1)
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Thank you for you interest.
Unfortunately because of warranty and prices that will involve you do the
conversion and other parts such as controller, restart and raiser cards.
For a limited time we are offering the conversion of you current G4 to GVS
9000 2U or 4U system for $499.00.
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I don't know the cost of a trans-atlantic shipping for a G4 (+ insurance), but I guess it's chipper to sale my current G4 on the 2nd hand market here in France and to buy a brand new rackmounted dual-G4 from GVS
YDL chick (Score:2)
(Or just a bad actress!)
Does your computer "define who you are"??
Re:YDL chick (Score:1)
But how about rackmount servers from Apple? (Score:3, Informative)
Rumors on "Thing 2" (a rackmountable server from Apple) have been floating around for some time now. And there's a petition [petitiononline.com] underway.
And 2U is not enough (or too much...). With blade servers being the new wave, even a 1U unit may be seen as taking up too much space.
It's a start... (Score:3, Interesting)
The market is there, if only Lord Steve wants to do it.
Not new, not from TerraSoft. (Score:4, Informative)
As far as these being "NEW!" The availability of these was noted way back here [slashdot.org] in a discussion of Mac clustering.
As long as Apple(MacSlash)dot are posting exactly the same news day-to-day, it seems appropriate that I post identical commments to both sites...
why so expensive? ... allowed? (Score:2, Interesting)
Or am I wrong?
Superdrive??? (Score:1)
Re:Superdrive??? (Score:1)
Re:Superdrive??? (Score:1)
Why Apple? (Score:1)
$3,839 ??? (Score:1, Flamebait)
Benchmarks? (Score:1)
Please, we all know that SPEC is designed to compare x86 compatible systems. SPEC tests integer math and perfectly formed sets of instructions. The G4 is a flop monster and recovers more quickly from branch mispredictions than x86 processors.
Using SPEC to compare a G4 and an x86 is like taking a Porsche and a rocket drag racer to the race track. The rocket car will win on the 1/4 mile -- it was designed for it. The Porsche will win on any track with a curve in it. The G4 has much better real-world performance than x86.
Re:Benchmarks? (Score:2)
Re:$3,839 ??? (Score:2)
Re:$3,839 ??? (Score:2)
And if you think that "this is a fair reflection of the performance a user can expect on normal code", because the norm for programs would be to be simply compiled with the "normal" compiler, you also have to use the results from the MS compiler, not from gcc or Intel.
One more thing, while c't said they used the Absoft Fortran compiler, they did not mention wether they also used the "VAST-F/Vector - preprocessor which automatically inserts AltiVec instructions in your code." [absoft.com]