What I have found are the best servers, are IBM xSeries machines. You can obtain a Refurb xSeries 305 P4 2.4ghz for around $750-800. I have never had the first problem out of these boxes. SuperMicro is also good, but the IBMs tend to be a little smaller (a lot less deep) than SuperMicro 1U machines.
-Tim -----Original Message----- From: Steve Szmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 1:52 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Dell PowerEdge 750 rackmount -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 24 August 2004 01:02 pm, Steven Critchfield wrote: > The big thing to look into is what PCI busses the machine supports. We > where very surprised with our Dell when it came with a PCIX slot and a > 66mhz 64bit slot. The included ethernet card wasn't directly supported > by our install disks and we couldn't install a cheap card to get the > install bootstrapped due to the incompatible slots. So after building a > special boot disk, all was better except the T100P card I owned wouldn't > work in it again due to slot incompatibility. That prompted our TE410P > card purchase. After using various Dell's for a few years I'm very weary if I need something not bland. They are very very good at cutting corners at all sorts of places. Their intended public is mostly "run of the mill" machines. They are the pro's in cutting pennies and turn it into BIG savings. Too many times have I discovered something odd or less than I would have expected. SuperMicro on the other hand have striken a good balance of price and quality. They are really are going after the market with some very solid hardware and not being the cheapest either. Which is really less important in a business environment anyway. Support and quality being more important. It's really true that you get what you pay for. If you can afford quality it's cheaper in the long run. - -- Steve "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBK45fljK16xgETzkRAtG+AJ9dStuHpzMSxiQFafCD1SSToRF+TACgknUl yL4OmWEaSPs+abhFM3i1S2Y= =lIxc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
