Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:02:25 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Robert Blayzor <rblayzor@inoc.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, akachler@telcom.net Subject: Re: Server Hardware Recommendations Message-ID: <44BC4F41.3080302@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <44BC40EC.7040006@inoc.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.64.0607171329220.47310@elara.frii.com> <44BC3E76.7070401@telcom.net> <44BC40EC.7040006@inoc.net>
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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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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