Thanks for all of the tips.. I think I will go with the Clone...
I went through 3 Dell poweredge servers so far - and was never really
happy with the service.. whenever I had problems, they would either blame
Windows NT - telling me to just reformat the drive and reinstall
everything, or to run the diagnostics overnight. Both of which are
impractical on a live server. Also - the processors aren't very
upgradeable - the motherboard only supported the speeds that I originally
ordered. To upgrade to a faster processor requires replacing the
motherboard - which was about as expensive as buying a new server anyway.
They also required Dell versions of the processor, which was much more
expensive than any other source.
For my own office, I use a few of these desktop clones that a local
computer store makes. Their service was fantastic - parts are available
immediately - and they have been in business longer than Dell:)
I can specify any motherboard / chip set - so which should I ask
for?? My last computer came with the Tyan Tiger motherboards.
Thanks
Al
>Agreed - also if they are "proper" servers, they'll be using server
>m/boards, of which there are a limmited number of manufacturers anyway, and
>an even smaller no of chipsets, so chances are a lot of the componentary
>will be identical or similar...
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