[email protected] wrote: > I'm looking for a new company to buy servers from. I've been buying from > rackable, but with the changes after they aquired sgi they have basicly > driven me away by botching (and continuing to botch) a major order. > > > I don't make very large purchases at any one time (very few orders larger > than 30 boxes, and frequently orders <10) > > I need to have a vendor who will make sure that what they sell me works > under linux. > > I currently have a AMD based infrastructure and would like to stay with > AMD (avoiding the poliferation of different kernels that I need to > maintain) > > I need the ability to specify things like CD/DVD burners (which leaves out > Sun/IBM/Dell/HP who only sell optical readers in their systems) > > I frequently need lots of card slots in a box, so it can't be a vendor > that only sells 1u and 2u systems > > a common config that I buy is > > 2xquad-core cpu's > 8G ram > 1 hard drive > DVD burner > floppy > 1x quad ethernet card > > must support serial console access to BIOS and power control (I could talk > about switching to network access) > > I generally buy CPUs and hard drives one or two steps down from the latest > and greatest to get a good price/performace on them > > a second common config is the same thing with 5x quad ethernet cards > > any suggestions? > > David Lang >
We use Appro for a lot of our clusters and have many specifications that we work with them on. They can customize just about anything. Also, you might check Colfax International. They are less expensive than appro, but a bit harder to deal with on maintenance. They are also heavily into customization and finding the right platform for you. Colfax might be good for small orders, just make sure you specify stuff that isn't crappy or you'll be sorry because of the maintenance/support angle (takes a long time and RMA process is difficult sometimes, though some of their techs are very good). _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
