Hello Len, Wednesday, February 16, 2005, 8:33:33 AM, you wrote:
LC> You don't have to build your own, there no's advantage. OK for hobbyists. LC> You have to select multiple components, place multiple orders, pay multiple LC> shipping charges, pay multiple invoices, track multiple component LC> warranties, etc. Not if you can find one place to provide the parts. We buy all of our servers from a local wholesaler, and get very competitive pricing. We often buy barebones for our mid range servers, and to keep costs down, we spec out the entry level boxes (we lease dedicated servers). They will even build and fully warranty the boxes for a small fee, nice thing is, if they build it, they do a full 24HR burn in, like you used to get from computer retailers years ago. Companies have become so intent on getting the product out the door, that no one takes the time to test every box anymore. It's much more profitable to sell service plans than to make sure the computers run in the first place. LC> Lots of on-line PC products sellers have a wide rage of rackmount LC> servers. eg, tigerdirect has their "vision" line of rackmount LC> servers. I'm not recommending them, only an example. Then their is the LC> whole industry of, usually Taiwan-linked, LC> importers/integrators that will LC> build whatever you want. It's a all generic stuff, so no need for LC> maintenance contract. I haven't used or recommended name brand stuff for LC> many years. I had my own horror story with a leased Dell and 4-hour/3-year LC> maintenance contracts that resulted in Dell phone jockeys telling the LC> hosting service monkey to remove a disk that broke/destroyed the LC> RAID5. Never again. There are lots of companies offering similar solutions, and barebones boxes as well, just need drives, memory and processor, then you can build to suit individual needs. We've recently been buying Tyan barebones servers, they are built well, and they offer many solutions at a reasonable price, plus Tyan is a very good MB. Another great choice, and CDW carries them, is SuperMicro, you can have servers build to suit, and they are very well engineered, rock solid boxes and boards. -- Best regards, Charles mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
