I personally support 10 Proliant 5000s, a few 800s, three brand spankin' new 8500s, a few 5500s (or whatever the immediate predecessor to the 5000 was), and some other lil thing I use as a firewall (Checkpoint FW-1 under NT,) and I can attest to the fact that Compaq servers are awesome. I have NT, Netware (woo!), Linux, and FreeBSD on various boxes, and it works great. Plus, if you're using NT or Netware, Compaq Insight Manager is a godsend. My pager even goes off if something *really* bad happens. =P I do wish Compaq would port the Insight Agents to *nix tho. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [techtalk] servers: Dell vs Compaq [was:Other OSes on a Linux box] > > >We stopped buying Dell servers because their hard drives pop out >randomly > Have never heard of anything like this. We have two Dell servers...4300 > Poweredge, and they are pretty good machines...got another 128 MB PC100 to > put in them, but Dell sold us buffered RAM, and the boards do not support > it. > > >but Dell isn't particularly helpful. I think they could learn a >thing or > >two about QA. > True...I have found a couple of Techs at Dell that were really good. Always > try to get their names and extensions so that I can call the back, otherwise > it is luck of the draw.... > > >Compaq isn't without issues, but at least we can count on the drives > > >staying put, the servers taking up a lot less space, and better >support > >(reseller > Compaq does build an awesome server. I do believe they are the hardest in > the industry to install, though, because of the Easy Install stuff, and the > diagnostic partition. But, once they are installed, they run sweetly.... > > > >I would like to find something better, or at least > >cheaper, though, which is why I'm asking about rackmount options. >VA's > >products look good, and are less expensive, but I'd be >concerned about > >running NT on them, so I was hoping someone may have >had some experience > >installing non-Linux on a VA box. > Personally, I am a fan of clones....spec out and build a box...you know > exactly what you are getting, and you do not have to deal with proprietary > motherboards, off the wall parts, etc.... > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ************ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > > ************ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
