Re: NT Costs vs. AS/400

It all depends.  I have NT 4.0 running on a $399.00 E-Machines 500.
I've had NT running on $2,000 servers.  It depends on what you need
it to do, how fast you want it, how much disk space you need, how
much memory, do you want redundant power supplies, etc...

An NT box is a PC limited in all the devices it can use (not all
hardware has device drivers for NT).

Do you want a name brand computer?  Rack up an additional 20% for the
exact same server.  But, name brand you can get on site warranty which
is a definite must for a critical system application.

You can buy an NT box anywhere from $300 to $50,000.

Personally, I would expect to pay between $3000 and $6000 for a 
server with enough DASD, memory, redundant power supply, duel processor,
etc.  At the top end, maybe $10,000.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 14:26:40 -0600
From: "John Taylor" <john.taylor@telusplanet.net>
Subject: Re: NT Costs vs. AS/400

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Phil,

How about providing the specs on the NT box for us? At first glance, =
$25K seems awfully high for an NT webserver, but this is like me asking =
you if $250K is too much money for an AS/400. The value can't be =
determined unless we know the specifics of what's being purchased.


John Taylor
Canada

  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Glenn Ericson=20
  To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com=20
  Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 13:46
  Subject: Re: NT Costs vs. AS/400


    I was always under the impression that NT boxes were very  =
inexpensive compared to AS/400. Today I was quoted a minimum of 25K for =
an NT box to serve as our web server, utilizing AS/400 data. This makes =
the upgrade from a 620 to an 820 much more attractive. Is this price =
correct for NT. Also, the vendor said that it would be hard to get an NT =
box now, that Microsoft was pushing the Windows 2K.=20

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