JC_Denton: yes, same VLAN.  We charge $99 per Amp of power drawn, not by rack space (within reason; like, don't send a 12U Cisco switch)
pyvpx: i'll send you the info shortly :)
lol
Cisco 4500E headed your way
:
:P
up_the_irons: i assume you round to the nearest amp?
that'll be $20,000 per month
;)
JC_Denton: yes
i guess i need to power meter what i'm looking at
pretty happy with my current metal setup, but i might want to look at upgrading it down the road
JC_Denton: or rather, we round up to the next integer amp...  think like the ceil() function in C ;)
while thunder has some appeals, i want to stick with metal
that's fine if you prefer bare metal :)
free metal
lol
how many SATA ports are on the metal blades these days anyway?
on the blades, it's 2
we have some 1Us with the same specs as the blades that have 4 bays
there are other flavors of metal?
hmm, i'm on a blade now. is it possible to move to a 1U? i assume the specs would probably vary quite a bit.
Well, the E5s (the "Huge" plan and higher) are all 1Us
yeah you could move to a 1U.  The specs of the E3 1Us are similar to the blades.
do the 1Us have hardware raid cards, by chance?
nvm, i see it on power ups :)
the available ones we have do not have raid cards at the moment