From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 6 19:12:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13D0516A403 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 19:12:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC90C13C4CE for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 19:12:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.191]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB59D85C8F9; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 15:40:51 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 81027-06; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 15:40:54 -0300 (ADT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-89-241-126.eastlink.ca [24.89.241.126]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96D8F85C8C6; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 15:40:46 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51E093C170; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 15:40:55 -0300 (ADT) Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:40:55 -0300 From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org 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> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.7 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: I just want a decent server! X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:12:18 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --On Friday, April 06, 2007 14:00:33 -0400 "Tuc at 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' ... - ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGFpQ34QvfyHIvDvMRAsOqAJ4jM+sM1JKzpoplgA5UyGK6p8x7dgCg1X9A hqH7MRufBq4goKqLBCIq+OA= =dvI0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----