The physical servers themselves are pretty much a commodity nowadays between HP, IBM and Dell. The vendors' support model and practices are a big factor. Cost is also a factor, of course. Shifting to a new hardware vendor will increase administrative and support costs. You'll now have to keep track of potentially twice the number of BIOS versions, device drivers, management products, etc. The degree to how much this applies largely depends on the number of servers and how you guys do your support.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nathan Casey Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 4:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: HP vs Dell servers Sorry for the off topic question. We are currently an all HP shop. The accountants in management now want us to justify why we don't switch to Dell servers. I have looked around the web including Gartner but can't find any good Dell vs HP comparison/benchmark testing. Does anyone have any good material that discusses why HP over Dell servers or vise versa. Thanks Nathan List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
