Re: Whence the Opterons?

Geoffrey wrote:
> Mischa Sandberg wrote:
>
>> After reading the comparisons between Opteron and Xeon processors for
>> Linux,
>> I'd like to add an Opteron box to our stable of Dells and Sparcs, for
>> comparison.
>>
>> IBM, Sun and HP have their fairly pricey Opteron systems.
>> The IT people are not swell about unsupported purchases off ebay.
>> Anyone care to suggest any other vendors/distributors?
>> Looking for names with national support, so that we can recommend as
>> much to our
>> customers.
>
>
> Monarch Computer http://www.monarchcomputer.com/
>
> They have prebuilt and custom built systems.
>

I believe we have had some issues with their workstation class systems.
Just a high rate of part failure, and DOA systems.

I believe they RMA'd without too great of difficulties, but it was
something like 50%.

John
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