Bruce We just put in an order for some IBM blades HS20's (we plan on running Suse/Mandrake). I have never had any issues running Linux on IBM hardware, we ran IBM X330's and 4500's with Mandrake and Suse, with little or no issues. I expect these blades to work just as well. I have no experience with the Dell or HP blades, but I installed Linux on 1U dell and 1U HP servers without any issues. The fun usually comes in when you buy high end raid controllers, otherwise everything pretty much works out of the box.
later Dany Allard Bruce Milne wrote: >Hi all > >I'm new to this list, so please be gentle! I imagined my first post here >would be on getting my bluetooth dongle working on my Toshiba A70 with FC2 so >I can use GPRS off my Nokia 3600, but alas not. I just found out that a key >hardware manufacture for us, RLX (www.rlx.com) has just announced they are not >making hardware anymore. > >We have about 50 servers, almost all Linux (RedHat, Fedora) which are all co >located in Denver (the company is 100% virtual). We used to buy from Valinux, >until they gave up (oh and stay away from California Digital!), and since have >come to really like the RLX management software they provide for their blades >and 1u rack mounts. > >The question is, who do you all favor for high performance blades? We've come >so far on standardizing on RedHat/Fedora and RLX management,that I'd like to >stick with those, but have no idea how IBM, Dell, HP or other blades would >stack up. >Any experience to share would be helpful. Thanks. > >Bruce Milne > > >_______________________________________________ >clug-talk mailing list >[email protected] >http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >**Please remove these lines when replying > > This message, including any attachments, is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you received it in error, please let us know and delete the message from your system. This message may be confidential and may fall under the duty of non-disclosure. Any use by others than the intended addressee is prohibited. Trema shall not be liable for any damage related to the electronic transmission of this message, such as failure or delay of its delivery, interception or manipulation by third parties, or transmission of viruses or other malicious code. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
