Gorgonops much thanks there. I think I'm going with the xserve and licenses after all. Get this - the simple reason is: .......
We are only allowed to place rack units in the data center
I've tried micro-atx boxen clipped to the side of the racks behind panels and got whacked for that pretty hard. Still saved us like 80 grand in network simulation gear for that project though.
Gotta love it. BUT it's NOT my budget I'm playing with, so this is still going to be great. I get to spec, admin, and tell the testing groups how to do all this and they get to pay for it. The extra capacity I get to use for whatever.
Hmm, I might just have to use it as a glorified Jmeter box too or something for an alternate load generation platform as well. We are an HP shop and Performance Center OSX just isn't in the cards yet. OOH, but Win2k3 on the vm for a controller bank will work.
We are only allowed to place rack units in the data center
I've tried micro-atx boxen clipped to the side of the racks behind panels and got whacked for that pretty hard. Still saved us like 80 grand in network simulation gear for that project though.Gotta love it. BUT it's NOT my budget I'm playing with, so this is still going to be great. I get to spec, admin, and tell the testing groups how to do all this and they get to pay for it. The extra capacity I get to use for whatever.
Hmm, I might just have to use it as a glorified Jmeter box too or something for an alternate load generation platform as well. We are an HP shop and Performance Center OSX just isn't in the cards yet. OOH, but Win2k3 on the vm for a controller bank will work.