Server Hardware Recommendations

[Eric Anderson]

On 07/17/06 21:01, Robert Blayzor wrote:
> Arie Kachler wrote:
>> We've been in business since 1996 and can only praise Dell servers. They
>> used to be more expensive, but they are now very competitive in pricing.
>> Our first server was a Dell, and it's still going! (only monitoring
> 
> 
> I have to second this.  We originally purchased about 30+ Dell servers
> five years ago. (mostly 1550's, 2550's and 6450's) and they've chugged
> right along.  I think the only problems we've ever had are hard drives
> going bad, and I think one RAID card.  That however is quickly solved by
> using Dell 4hr support.  Speaking of which, their support is very
> affordable.
> 
> I also must say that their server hardware is maturing quite well.  We
> have all of the models over the years, 1550's, 1650's, 1750's, 1850's
> and soon 1950's.  Each model we see significant improvement on the
> server architecture.
> 
> The only downside is that usually it takes a while for the FreeBSD
> drivers to catch up with the newer hardware devices.
> 
> We're looking to replace a lot of our old Dell servers now with new Dell
> servers (1950's and 1955's) but we have to make sure all of the drivers
> have matured before we make such an investment.
> 


I can also say the same thing about Dell.  We are a pretty large Dell 
shop (we have well over 1000 Dell's), and I can say that I really depend 
on their hardware, and their service.  I highly recommend them.

Eric


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Eric Anderson        Sr. Systems Administrator        Centaur Technology
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