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Subject: Re: Compaq ProLiant systems -- problems?
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Quoth John T. Farmer on Wed, 6 August:
: 
: The problem I run into is that Compaq & Dell are so beloved by
: "corporate America!"  It's similar to to the old "Nobody ever got fired
: for buying IBM" in my mainframe days...

There's no problem running FBSD on a Compaq or Dell server.  If they
are using some oddball SCSI controller in the models under
consideration, just spec a well-known aftermarket controller.
Justification: Use an external enclosure, and you can get hot-swap.
Very nice.