From:	Salamy, Karen
Sent:	Wednesday, February 18, 2004 2:04 PM
To:	Edgington, Duane
Cc:	Cline, Danelle
Subject:	AVED Hardware Upgrades

Importance:	High

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Duane,

Here is the information I have been able to obtain for the requested
AVED Hardware upgrades.

1) DVD-R/CD-R for MAKO
PC-Mall still carries the SONY DVD-R/CD-R 4X that we ordered last
year for the new server.  It is cheaper now at $163.95 (our price)
http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=155870

In addition, for a few bucks more we can purchase the faster
8X SONY model.  Our price is $177.50 each.
http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=333442

There is no statement from Sony that they are compatible with
Linux, HOWEVER, I did find several discussion groups where
people mentioned they had no problems with these drives on
their Linux systems.  No guarantees on this but my contact
at PC/MALL told me that if it was not compatible with Linux 
he would accept it back and refund our money.  I suggest
purchasing the 8X DVD-R/CD-R burner as our video clips tend
to be very large so extra speed would be of benefit.

In addition, there is now a DVD-R GUI called K3B which works
under KDE (not sure about GNOME) http://www.k3b.org/
I am going to try and install it under MAKO today.  If it all works, 
I am also going to suggest upgrading koi (and the golden image) 
with this software for future use by other  AVED Linux DVD-R 
systems.  NOTE:  this may also require a KDE upgrade on the 
system as well from 3.0 to 3.1.

2) Memory for Ephyra
The HP x4100 Workstation (Ephyra) is designed to hold up
to 4GB MAX.  Currently 2 of the 4 memory slots are filled
with two 256MB SDRAM totaling 512MB RAM for the existing
system.

Here are our memory upgrade options for the system (with the best prices)
from either PC/MALL or Golden Ram:

1) 128MB DDR ECC SDRAM 184Pin PC2700 (P/N DE769A) - $75.99
http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=176424
Not available at GoldenRam

2) 256MB DDR ECC SDRAM 184Pin PC3200 (P/N DE773A) - $158.99
http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=173510
Not available at GoldenRam

3) 512MB DDR ECC SDRAM 184Pin PC3200 (P/N DE774A-GR) - $150.00
http://www.goldenram.com/newupro/layout.asp?systemid=24917&mfg=HP%2FCOMPAQ%2DSYSTEMS&productline=WORKSTATION
NOTE: PCMALL listed this for $328.99!

4) 1GB DDR ECC SDRAM 184Pin PC2700 (P/N DE772A-GR) - $297.00
http://www.goldenram.com/newupro/layout.asp?systemid=24917&mfg=HP%2FCOMPAQ%2DSYSTEMS&productline=WORKSTATION
NOTE: PCMALL listed this for $1599.99!

Based on the prices above, the best buys are definitely from GoldenRam.
Considering the occasional slow, halting problems with the
system while running Adobe Premier, I would suggest upgrading
at least 1GB to improve the system.  This would be a cost of $300.00.

3) Second CPU for Ephyra
Danelle stated that this would not improve the system's performance under 
Win XP, so I will not look into price quotes.

Let me know how you would like to proceed on the first two items.

- Karen
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                               Karen A. Salamy
                   Software Engineering Technician
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