Theoretical Samba File Server

[Brian Densmore]

Minicomputers are also cheap these days. You could get a brand new
AS/400 for around $10,000, and I bet IBM would install Linux on it for
you! Now there's a killer Linux server! You could probably get a used
AS/400 for much less. And they are no bigger than a tower these days.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Herrmann [mailto:Jim at itdepends.com]
> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 12:49 PM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: Theoretical Samba File Server
> 
> 
> If the Intel hardware isn't enough, there's always Linux on 
> the mainframe.  
> I/O throughput is what the mainframe is all about.  Of course, that's 
> assuming your company already has a mainframe.  You probably 
> wouldn't want to 
> go out and buy a mainframe just for this one project, but it may also 
> something to consider long term.   Mainframe sales are up 30% 
> over last year. 
>  Compare that to PC sales.  ;-)