Re: Alternatives to Dell?

We were originally heading towards an IBM deployment, but the 325 was
all that was available at the time, and it only supported 12GB.  Then
when I heard they canceled their rumored quad processor 350, I feared
Intel/AMD politics and IBM dropped from the running. :)

(IBM now has the 326 that supports 16GB of RAM)




On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 06:38 -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Cott Lang wrote:
>
> >Most of mine I got through a Sun reseller. Some of mine I got off of
> >Ebay.  You should be able to get them a lot cheaper than than retail web
> >pricing. :)
> >
> >However, even full retail seems like it was a hell of a lot cheaper for
> >a v40z than a DL585. :)
> >
> >
> That's true :) One of the reasons the compaq's are expensive
> is they supposedly use a quad board, even for the dual machine.
> Which means a different opteron chip as well.
>
> I don't know this for a fact, it is just what one of their
> "ahem" sales guys told me.
>
> The IBM machines are seem reasonable though.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
>
>
> >
> >On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 06:30 -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Cott Lang wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Consider Sun's new line of Opterons. They've been around for a couple of
> >>>years under the Newisys name. I'm using dozens of them for web servers
> >>>and PG servers and so far both the v20z and v40z have been excellent
> >>>performers with solid reliability.  The pricing was also competitive
> >>>since Sun is looking to break into the market.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Really? I am not being sarcastic, but I found their prices pretty sad.
> >>Did you go direct or web purchase? I have thought about using them
> >>several times but....
> >>
> >>Sincerely,
> >>
> >>Joshua D. Drake
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 14:24 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Folks,
> >>>>
> >>>>A lot of people have been having a devilish time with Dell hardware lately.
> >>>>It seems like the quality control just isn't there on the Dell servers.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thing is, some companies are required to use 1st-tier or at least 2nd-tier
> >>>>vendors for hardware; they won't home-build.   For those people, what vendors
> >>>>do others on this list recommend?   What have been your good/bad experiences?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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