[olug] Vendor support

[Mike Peterson CoxMail]

I am currently only running high end IDE servers.
They have enough power for my current environment.

I used to use SCSI, but find IDE fast enough and get bigger drives for the
cost of a fast small SCSI system.

I am looking to spend less than 2-3 G on a system.

I also run RAID on IDE.
I did run RAID on SCSI with software.
That way I could break and recreate the mirror and run backups in the
background with a live database on the primary drive.
It was a 7 x 24 site.

I do not have a need for gigabit Ethernet yet.

I run 10/100 on systems and 1 G on fiber.

Are you running gigabit over copper or fiber?

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
Brian Roberson
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:48 PM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] Vendor support


Why yes it is ;-) regarding prices - you get what you pay for, an example
system I recently purchased:

X335 ( 1U chasis )
2 x Xeon 2.4Ghz procs
2Gb Ram
2 18Gb Ultra320 Scsi hot swap drives
3 yr 9/5 4hr onsite service
all for under 5k

for the perks in the X series
- built in KVM
- 2 x onboard gigabit ethernet
- built in ultra320 raid controller



I think the price is right on IMHO.

X335 configurator:
http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=-
840&storeId=1&categoryId=2574822&langId=-1&dualCurrId=73

click "customize" to get a better idea on prices.







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Peterson" <mpeterson at charles.omhcoxmail.com>
To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [olug] Vendor support


> Is that server that has 4 Xeon processors an IBM Brian?
> I thought their prices were a somewhat high.
>
> IBM only includes on-site support for over 1 year of warranty on 
> servers
so
> maybe that is where they justify it.
> At least on the most recent quote I was given.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Roberson" <roberson at olug.org>
> To: <olug at olug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [olug] Vendor support
>
>
> > I have always had a good experience with Dell, desktop wise that is. 
> > I prefer IBM for servers and Dell for desktops.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bill Brush" <bbrush at unlnotes.unl.edu>
> > To: <olug at olug.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 12:02 PM
> > Subject: [olug] Vendor support
> >
> >
> > > After some recent trials and tribulations with Dell we're 
> > > considering another vendor for our computer hardware.  Our 
> > > combined experience
with
> > > Compaq have not been exactly rosey so that eliminates the 
> > > HP/Compaq
> > mutant.
> > > Anyone have experience with both IBM and Dell that could compare 
> > > their support experiences?  Anyone have any suggestions on a 
> > > vendor?  Major

> > > suppliers only, please.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
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