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In-Reply-To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@dk.tfs.com>
       "Re: Compaq ProLiant systems -- problems?" (Aug  6,  7:51am)
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} 
} In general I would avoid the Compaq machines, for several reasons:
} 
} 1.  Everything in them is very proprietry, the frames you mount your
}     disks in, the SCSI controllers, you name it.
} 
} 2.  They are overpriced.
} 
} 3.  Due to #1, you're stuck with compaq support/service, and over
}     here that amounts to "It had a RAM error, so we changed the
}     motherboard & the SCSI controller.  That will be $3000 thankyou!"
} 
} --

I'll second that assessment.  Proprietary, quirky, expensive and costly
to repair.