Well..In my first post, I would like to introduce, whats termed as the server ready to be a part of Internet part-2. The next generation internet where we would have Video on demand, heavy gaming, virtual worlds e.t.c.
SUN microsystems had recently launched a server - code named “THUMPER” with a capacity of 24TB internal storage and throughput of 2 GBps from disk to memory and 1 GBps from disk to network.
Top it up with 64 bit Solaris 10 which is a free download and use ZFS for storage management, I think this is the best mid range hardware I have ever seen.
Visit :- http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4500/
Although I cant get u the thumper for free, heres something that each one of you can try
http://www2.sun.de/dc/forms/reg_us_2211_391.jsp
Just fill in the form in the above link, and you will be receiving a free Solaris 10 media kit.