7 Oct
2008
7 Oct
'08
7:27 p.m.
On Tuesday 07 October 2008, Dave McGuire wrote:
The 2501 in particular was discontinued in 2003.
The last of the
2500 series, the 2525, was discontinued early last year, but it was a
very different (modular) design.
They 68030-based 2500 series was replaced by the PowerPC-based
2600 series.
But as far as being the workhorse...most definitely yes. They're
in datacenters everywhere, and will be for a very long time. They're
capable, reliable, pull little power, generate little heat, and they
just plain don't break.
That's funny, the "workhorse" of all of the datacenters I've seen lately
are Cisco 6509's and 4948-10GE's, with a few older 3750 and 2950s
laying around for "legacy" stuff. I think you're calling
a "datacenter" what I'd call a "low end wiring closet". :)
Hmm, I guess my environment has helped influence my hardware collecting
habits...
Pat
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