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VolumetricSteve Insane Quaker Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Posts: 375	Posted: 12-03-2010 01:39 PM                  I have the chance to get my hands of a Sun Microsystems SunFire V120 for ...really cheap, while I'm sure it's reliable and an all around quality system, are there any Sun Microsystems enthusiasts out there that can speak to the ease of configuration/value of that system in terms of it being...2010? I can get it for less than $150. I was going to put it to work hosting my own maps, but I also kinda wanted to get it because...Sun isn't really a thing anymore and it'd be a cool museum type of thing to have later on. (note: I'm a huge nerd)
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Foo Timed Out Joined: 02 Aug 2000 Posts: 37834	Posted: 12-03-2010 05:15 PM                    SunFire V120 runs a SPARC processor which is a totally different architecture to x86 processors that run your typical Windows/Linux systems. ioq3 do have some SPARC binaries but no idea how successful you'll be getting them to run. Specs wise, those things are crazy old now. £150 seems expensive for what it is.
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VolumetricSteve Insane Quaker Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Posts: 375	Posted: 12-03-2010 05:28 PM                  oh I know it's sparc based, that was primarily why I was interested in that particular machine. It's another thing I could put on my resume that I'm familiar with running, but that's neither here nor there. Keep in mind it's 150-ish US, so that's about 90 pounds, or 111 euros. Also, there might be a sale in a few weeks were I could pick it up for 105 US. Is it still not worth it for 105 if it goes that low?
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VolumetricSteve Insane Quaker Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Posts: 375	Posted: 12-04-2010 10:32 AM                  Nevermind, I found a MUCH better deal. I got a Dell Poweredge 750 sporting a 3.4GHz Xeon so, that'll make a happy home for my quake 3 maps online. I love it when stores have no clue what things are worth. This thing came with a really advanced remote management card, a SCSI 160 card, 4gb of ecc ram and it's a 1U server, for 60 dollars. I've just gotta figure out how to configure dedicated q3 servers again.
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Foo Timed Out Joined: 02 Aug 2000 Posts: 37834	Posted: 12-04-2010 03:51 PM                    Yeah that's a bargain. Dell's iDRAC is great for remote mgmt. The server should also take regular SATA drives if you want to go that route.
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