" I found Dell to be the best mix of price, reliability, configurability, and maintainability. The Supermicro had 4 nodes in a 2U chasis. Each node had dual quad core processors and 3 3.5" 1 TB drives. The Dell had dual hex core processors and 12 2 TB SATA drives. / I bonded two gig-e nics per box."
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How to Start With Hadoop: Shopping, Design, Distribution, and Cloud
