Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:50:46 -0400 From: Arie Kachler <akachler@telcom.net> To: Matt Ruzicka <matt@frii.com>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server Hardware Recommendations Message-ID: <44BC3E76.7070401@telcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.64.0607171329220.47310@elara.frii.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.64.0607171329220.47310@elara.frii.com>
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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 though). We have about 200+ servers and have had only one troublesome server, which Dell replaced after two attempts to fix the problem without success. Out of those 200+ servers, we've had 3 Compaqs which were bought because of timing issues (Dell takes about a week to deliver a server), and all 3 Compaq servers have failed! I can't say I have experience with other brands, but I do know that Dell servers are very reliable. No, I don't work for Dell. Hope my 2 cents help. Matt Ruzicka wrote: > I know this is a topic that could easily spawn a holy war, but > hopefully we can all keep the constructive to a maximum. ;) > > My company has been purchasing almost exclusively Supermicro > SuperServers for our production FreeBSD server hardware for that last > four years or so. Over all I'd say we've been quite happy with > Supermicro from a product stand point, but recently we've been dealing > with some odd hardware issues. I still have faith in their hardware, > but some concerns with their support structure is causing us to > reconsider our future hardware purchasing plans. > > I was wondering what others are using for production FreeBSD server > hardware. I'm most interested to see what manufacturers seem to be > rock solid from a hardware and FreeBSD interaction perspective and > also have solid support for those issues that come up from time to time. > > Thanks for your time and I look forward to people's feedback. > > Matt Ruzicka - Senior Systems Administrator > Front Range Internet, Inc. > matt@frii.net - (970) 212-0728 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > . >help
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