Re: Alternatives to Dell?

Cott Lang wrote:

>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.
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Really? I am not being sarcastic, but I found their prices pretty sad.
Did you go direct or web purchase? I have thought about using them
several times but....

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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>On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 14:24 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
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>>Folks,
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>>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.
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>>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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