I just bought 2 servers from Dell – PowerEdge 1800s. I had a surge that (beat the protector and) basically killed my P3 800 running Novell. My tech really wanted me to go with Dell for support. I was skeptical – thought the price would easily be beaten if I built it myself.
For my tech, I bought 1 Dell, and went shopping to build a web server. The Dell came with a 2nd Xeon Proc. “for free”. The goal was to rip the 2nd proc. out of the Dell and build a web server around it. I’m very partial to Intel boards. Even with the free processor to play with, I couldn’t beat the price of the Dell. Then, there was the building issue(s) to consider. A week or so later, I bought the 2nd Dell PE 1800 for about $1,100. The machine might be light for you – I didn’t put much into it. I just want to serve a fairly basic website. I’m far from a computer pro in any category. When I was on eBay looking to buy an Intel mobo, the seller was a little miffed that I was looking at Dell: “I can’t see what people like so much about Dell” – or something like that. What do you think about Dell? If there’s no problem, you might want to check them out. I think they are still running the “get the 2nd Xeon Free!” deal. Also, why Windows 2003 Web Server over Server Standard or Enterprise? Thanks - Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153305 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
