I haven't bought from them recently, but I also have bought many servers and desktop systems from J & N. I have at least 3 servers they built that are over 8 years old and still running in production. I've bought like 8 servers, and a half-dozen desktop systems from them since around 1996 or 1997. Again, I can't speak for anything recently, but they have been a legitimate company, reliable, and honest to deal with. I used to deal directly with the owner (Jerry Jacobsen) -- now they have a lot more employees so you're likely better off just dealing with whoever answers the phone because they're a lot bigger now. They're definitely not a fly-by-night company... it should be safe for you to give them a try if you like what they offer.
Lately I buy Supermicro 1U servers and add my own cpu/ram/hd. I had a batch of bad motherboards, but other than that I like the quality so far. One word of warning... their warranty is stupid. The warranty starts the day they sell the product to the reseller/warehouse company... NOT to the end user. So if you buy from Tech Data or Newegg and it sits on the shelf in their warehouse for a month, you only get an 11 month warranty because the clock starts ticking when it leaves Supermicro's plant. They consider Tech Data or Newegg to be their customer, not you. If it sits in the warehouse for a year, then you get NO WARRANTY. Based on my dealings with J&N however, I think they would honor the full warranty even if Supermicro doesn't, if you buy it from J&N. They're definitely not perfect (in the early days they were slow to ship, but that seems to be better now... and last time I requested a custom quote they never got back to me) but they won't cheat you and they stand behind what they sell. I'd deal with them again if I felt they had what I needed at the right price (or even reasonably close). -- Nick On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, John covici wrote: > I had a server built for me by J and N Computer Services > http://www.jncs.com which is using a Super Micro c2sbe MB which I > think has what you need plus 4 PCI-32 slots! Its a nice MB and I have > an e8400 cpu in it. > > > > on Tuesday 02/26/2008 Matt([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > > I've had it with Dell server garbage. They seem to change RAID > > controllers as much as I change socks, and then the controllers don't work > > with Linux, unless you load a new driver. They sell servers with a PCI-e > > slot in them, but then you get it and find out the RAID controller is using > > the PCI-e slot! Their sales folks are dumber than rocks, and they change > > them more often than I change underwear. > > [end rant]. > > > > Can anyone recommend an IBM or Gateway server that you have used with > > Asterisk and are happy with, and which will support RAID-1 or RAID-5 and > has > > room for one or two PCI-express interface cards? > > I've had it with Dell server garbage. They seem to > change RAID controllers as much as I change socks, and then the controllers > don't work with Linux, unless you load a new driver. > They sell servers with a PCI-e slot in them, but then you get it and find out > the RAID controller is using the PCI-e slot! Their sales folks > are dumber than rocks, and they change them more often than I change > underwear.<br> > > [end rant].<br><br>Can anyone recommend an IBM or Gateway server that you > have used with Asterisk and are happy with, and which will support RAID-1 or > RAID-5 and has room for one or two PCI-express interface cards?<br> > > _______________________________________________ > > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
