From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Oct 16 2:26:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mgw1.MEIway.com (mgw1.meiway.com [212.73.210.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C661537B502 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 02:26:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.Go2France.com (ms1.meiway.com [212.73.210.73]) by mgw1.MEIway.com (Postfix Relay Hub) with ESMTP id 090E26A901 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:26:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sv.Go2France.com [212.73.210.79] by mail.Go2France.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.04) id AADC84A90086; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:31:08 +0200 Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20001016112218.04c9a110@mail.Go2France.com> X-Sender: lconrad%Go2France.com@mail.Go2France.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:26:37 +0200 To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: Len Conrad Subject: Re: Rackmount Servers In-Reply-To: <39EAC92A.A3F91F0D@seychelles.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >*) The server have to be very reliable and solid hardware. >*) Price is not the main issue >*) Been located in a small Island far away from anywhere..we do not >have easy access to suppliers for replacements, spares etc....hence >reliability. > > Would you recommend going for compaq or dell solution? In your situation, I wouldn't touch proprietary hardare. Buy 1U and 2U empty cases, and build your own servers and appliances from quality components. Len http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com: ISC BIND 8.2.2 p5 installable binary for NT4 http://IMGate.MEIway.com: Build free, hi-perf, anti-spam mail gateways To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message