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From: jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Martin Levitt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Risc System/6000
Summary: Let's get real on disks!
Keywords: DISK SPACE.
Message-ID: <1148@gort.cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 20 Feb 90 00:00:03 GMT
References: <10307@hoptoad.uucp> <4115@ibmpa.UUCP> <5098@brazos.Rice.edu>
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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In article <5098@brazos.Rice.edu> schafer@brazos.rice.edu (Richard A. Schafer) writes:
>I just signed on IBMLINK and ran a configuration on the standard grayscale
>configuration.  I don't come up with the $12,995 price, but did produce the
>following configuration:
>
>Powerstation 320   $7475
>120MB disk         $1950
>Grayscale adapter  $1395
>keyboard           $ 255
>mouse              $ 130
>mono display       $1295
>                   ------ Hardware total, $12,500
>AIX 3.0            $1250
>AIX Xwindows       $ 500
>                   ------ Software total, $ 1,750
>                          Package total,  $14,250
> 

Let's get real on these prices folks. A 120 MB disk? That *might*
work if your user directories are mounted with NFS.  I don't know the exact
numbers, but I bet after AIX 3.x and Xwindows is loaded plus swap
space, 120MB is barely adequate. 

Add a SCSI adapter and large hard disk please == $$$$$.

I doubt IBM will have their diskless version working well for quite a
while. Anyone know the exact disk space requirements? Recommended swap
space?

    ---Jason
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