| From: | Cott Lang <cott(at)internetstaff(dot)com> |
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| To: | josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com |
| Cc: | pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Alternatives to Dell? |
| Date: | 2004-12-03 14:19:37 |
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Consider Sun's new line of Opterons. They've been around for a couple of
years under the Newisys name. I'm using dozens of them for web servers
and PG servers and so far both the v20z and v40z have been excellent
performers with solid reliability. The pricing was also competitive
since Sun is looking to break into the market.
On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 14:24 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Folks,
>
> A lot of people have been having a devilish time with Dell hardware lately.
> It seems like the quality control just isn't there on the Dell servers.
>
> Thing is, some companies are required to use 1st-tier or at least 2nd-tier
> vendors for hardware; they won't home-build. For those people, what vendors
> do others on this list recommend? What have been your good/bad experiences?
>
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