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Date:      Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:40:55 -0300
From:      "Marc G. Fournier" <freebsd@hub.org>
To:        "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" <ml@t-b-o-h.net>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I just want a decent server!
Message-ID:  <85A5E31C799278AFB11417AB@ganymede.hub.org>
In-Reply-To: <200704061800.l36I0XA9070351@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com>
References:  <200704061800.l36I0XA9070351@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com>

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- --On Friday, April 06, 2007 14:00:33 -0400 "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" 
<ml@t-b-o-h.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 	I'm having a heck of a time trying to find somewhere
> responsible and responsive to buy a server from. It shouldn't be
> a major deal, but it does seem to be. I'm looking to replace
> an ASUS AP1600R-S5. I just want something that has the same
> sort of setup (Dual Xeons, 4G mem in enough chips I can
> remove 1/2 if there a memory issue suspected, 4 small
> size hot swap drives), CD/floppy INTERNAL this time, I need a SCSI
> on a different port/channel/etc externally for a RAID, and
> a redundant power supply would be really nice.
>
> 	Trying to get companies to contact me back and
> get numbers that make sense is really problematic.
>
> 	Am I asking for too much? Or too little? Or
> too old (SCSI).

We've recently bought 3 HP Proliant servers that we've been most happy with, 
and are just in the process of checking out Dell as a possible change as I've 
heard good things about their servers, while being cheaper ...

But, I'd definitely recommend HP servers 'based on experience' ...

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Marc G. Fournier           Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org)
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