Re: Alternatives to Dell?

Cott Lang wrote:

>Most of mine I got through a Sun reseller. Some of mine I got off of
>Ebay. You should be able to get them a lot cheaper than than retail web
>pricing. :)
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>However, even full retail seems like it was a hell of a lot cheaper for
>a v40z than a DL585. :)
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That's true :) One of the reasons the compaq's are expensive
is they supposedly use a quad board, even for the dual machine.
Which means a different opteron chip as well.

I don't know this for a fact, it is just what one of their
"ahem" sales guys told me.

The IBM machines are seem reasonable though.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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>On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 06:30 -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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>>Cott Lang wrote:
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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.
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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....
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>>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.
>>>>
>>>>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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