Comments on: Thumpers are a better deal than "cheap" Apple XRaids

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:32:05 +0000

We’ve been trying like heck to get a thumper at work, but have had no luck. We ended up buying some compaq server and will try out OpenSolaris on it.

By: Mark G.

Mark G. — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:19:38 +0000

I work for a Sun reseller. Initially there were two versions of X4500; one with 48×250GB drives and the other with 48×500GB drives. The 12TB version was in the $30K range but was “transitioned” this week. It’s no longer available and the given reason was that the vendor of the 250GB drives had EOL’ed them. The 24TB model is still available but with a list price at $70K.

By: Anson

Anson — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:00:04 +0000

So, how do you find out what “deal” you can get? Do you have to call them up?

By: Jason Hoffman

Jason Hoffman — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:57:27 +0000

It depends on what and how many drives you have in it + what “deal” you can get.

Don’t use the sun store for anything other than figuring out the maximum price.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:32:09 +0000

Hey, I’m with slippySt3. As my boss said:
24TB for $32K is pretty awesome.

What gives?

By: slippySt3

slippySt3 — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 05:19:05 +0000

I’m a little confused, because I went to Sun’s site and found the Fire X4500 (that’s the Thumper, right?), and one page listed the price as $33,000, but when you click through into the store the price changes to starting at $70,000. Am I missing something here?

By: Jacques Marneweck

Jacques Marneweck — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:34:10 +0000

The question is will the xraids ever look as sexy as the thumpers?

By: Jemaleddin

Jemaleddin — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:57:05 +0000

But the real question is: do thumpers smell as good as Apple hardware? Nobody forgets their first Apple laptop’s smell.