From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 18 03:02:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D533016A4DA for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:02:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6587643D45 for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:02:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [192.168.42.24] (andersonbox4.centtech.com [192.168.42.24]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k6I32Ib8038598; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:02:18 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <44BC4F41.3080302@centtech.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:02:25 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060612) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Blayzor References: <44BC3E76.7070401@telcom.net> <44BC40EC.7040006@inoc.net> In-Reply-To: <44BC40EC.7040006@inoc.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1600/Sat Jul 15 10:03:46 2006 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, akachler@telcom.net Subject: Re: Server Hardware Recommendations 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: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:02:20 -0000 On 07/17/06 21:01, Robert Blayzor wrote: > Arie Kachler wrote: >> 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 > > > I have to second this. We originally purchased about 30+ Dell servers > five years ago. (mostly 1550's, 2550's and 6450's) and they've chugged > right along. I think the only problems we've ever had are hard drives > going bad, and I think one RAID card. That however is quickly solved by > using Dell 4hr support. Speaking of which, their support is very > affordable. > > I also must say that their server hardware is maturing quite well. We > have all of the models over the years, 1550's, 1650's, 1750's, 1850's > and soon 1950's. Each model we see significant improvement on the > server architecture. > > The only downside is that usually it takes a while for the FreeBSD > drivers to catch up with the newer hardware devices. > > We're looking to replace a lot of our old Dell servers now with new Dell > servers (1950's and 1955's) but we have to make sure all of the drivers > have matured before we make such an investment. > I can also say the same thing about Dell. We are a pretty large Dell shop (we have well over 1000 Dell's), and I can say that I really depend on their hardware, and their service. I highly recommend them. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------