From:	Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Hacking Security Tallies (Was Re: Weird Campaigns)
Date:	Sun, 24 May 1998 15:01:49 -0500

>
> On Thu, 21 May 1998 12:05:31 -0500 Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM>
> writes:
> ><snip: my hardware solution>
> <snip: his new hardware solution>
> >Just for context, "cheap" minicomputers (like the RS6000) do stuff like
> >this now, and they start at the $6000 buck range.
> >
> >Double-Domed Mike
> >--Real life Otaku...
>
> Hey, actually, what would the realistic costs be for servers? (I know VR
> 2 gives some costs but I don't think that's right ... anybody know the
> price / processing power ranges for modern-day servers?
>
Depends. You can get a kick butt multi-cpu intel based system for
what $2000 or so. I think the Alpha 500 Mhz is probably in the $5000 range
(somebody check me on that), and IBM's SP-2's are considerably more
expensive (Into the 100,000's) depending on how much memory they have
and when you bought them.
As far as mainframes go, I have no idea.

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