Case:

• needs a 5.25" bay so we can add a quad 2.5" hotswap bay
• needs rails that are long enough for our racks (26" should suit)
• needs to be at least 2RU so we can have dual redundant power supplies with two physical connectors
• must suit motherboard form factor

• possible $275: http://www.digicor.com.au/ns/fe/product/Product.aspx?id=2353

PSU:

• $744.98 http://www.digicor.com.au/ns/fe/product/Product.aspx?id=2176

• $550 http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/157973/POWERSUPPLIES_REDUNDANT_PSUS/Zippy/R2W-6460P.asp

Rails:

• $91.25 http://www.digicor.com.au/ns/fe/product/Product.aspx?id=2357

Motherboard:

• must have remote management console (IPMI)
• must suit case form factor and power supply
• must have 2 SATA 6Gb ports

• $508.20 http://www.digicor.com.au/ns/fe/product/Product.aspx?id=3232

RAM:

• no point the ram going faster than mobo can do
• check if ECC and registered or unregistered
• working on 32GB for now, can add more later or if we can afford it

• four of these at $125.90 each http://www.digicor.com.au/ns/fe/product/Product.aspx?id=3214

CPU:

• Intel E5-2640 from ???

Heatsink:

• ???

Hotswap bay:

• ???

SSD:

• ???

ALL PRICES INCLUDE GST