SErvers Buyers Guide
IBM 8849EAG Price Guide
| Feature | Guide Price | | | Platform | PC • Unix | £1,496.00 | | | Processor Manufacturer | Intel | £1,686.00 | | | Socket Type | Socket LGA775 | £781.00 | | | Max Supported Qty | 1 | £778.00 |
| | The table shows a price guide amount to compare the IBM 8849EAG with similar servers with the same key features as the IBM 8849EAG. At only £673.15 the IBM 8849EAG compares extremely well with similarly featured servers in its group. |
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IBM 8849EAG Brand / Price Guide
| Feature | Guide Price | | | Platform | PC • Unix | £1,086.00 | | | Processor Manufacturer | Intel | £1,092.00 |
| | This price guide is specific to the IBM brand, enabling a clear price guide to compare the IBM 8849EAG with similarly branded servers with the same key features as the IBM 8849EAG. Whilst not the cheapest server with a price of £673.15 the IBM 8849EAG compares favourabily to other IBM servers |
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Key Features
| Key Features | | | Processor | | | Controller Type | | | Installed Memory |
| | With over 900 servers on the market, key features such as Processor, Controller Type & Installed Memory are important factors when buying. These features not only effect the performane and quality of the server you choose, but also the price. Shown below are price guides for a selection of servers focusing on the key features: Processor, Controller Type & Installed Memory. |
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| Processor | | Celeron D 2.53 GHz | £402.00 | | Pentium III Xeon 1 GHz | £1,399.00 | | Xeon 2.87 GHz | £2,356.00 | | Xeon 2.66 GHz | £3,740.00 | | Opteron 2.4 GHz | £6,258.00 | | * | Xeon 3.4 GHz | £1,978.00 |
| | | Controller Type | | SCSI Ultra160 (16-bit) x 1 ? DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) x 2 | £216.00 | | Serial ATA x 1 ? SCSI Ultra320 x 2 | £849.00 | | DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) x 2 ? Serial ATA x 8 | £1,131.00 | | Serial ATA II x 1 | £1,867.00 | | SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) x 4 | £3,162.00 | | * | SCSI Ultra320 x 1 | £2,434.00 |
| | | Installed Memory | | 256 MB (DDR2 SDRAM) | £449.00 | | 1 GB (DDR SDRAM (Chipkill)) | £1,301.00 | | 1 MB (DDR SDRAM (Chipkill)) | £2,295.00 | | 256 MB (SDRAM) | £3,809.00 | | 8 GB (DDR SDRAM) | £13,404.00 | | * | 1 GB (DDR2 SDRAM) | £2,013.00 |
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* Taking into account all current servers on the market the most desirable would be a server with Xeon 3.4 GHz Processor, SCSI Ultra320 x 1 Controller Type and 1 GB (DDR2 SDRAM) Installed Memory.
Price Guide
| Min | £21.12 | | Avg | £2,516.65 | | Max | £33,441.97 |
| | SErvers cost anywhere from £21.12 for a basic server with few features to around £33,441.97 for a fully featured server. |
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Brand Guide
| Popular Brands | | | Hewlett | | | Hewlett Packard | | | IBM | | | SuperMicro | | | Sun | | | Fujitsu |
| | The most popular servers brand is Hewlett. The most expensive servers brand is SunFire. If you're looking for a bargain then look out for Gigabyte branded servers as generally they offer the cheapest servers. |
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