Dan's Data has posted a review on the Tyan Transport GS12 and GX21 1U rackmount servers

Ever tried to buy a simple, basic, one unit rackmount server?

Ain't it amazing how hardware that doesn't do anything a desktop box can't can cost easily twice as much, when it's knocked over and squashed flat?

If all you want from life is a simple slimline server running a P4 or, maybe, a couple of basic Xeons, Tyan's Transport GS12 and GX21 compete surprisingly well against the bigger-brand opposition. To match Tyan on price, IBM and HP have to omit minor components like hard drives and CPUs.

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