On 27 Jan 2010, at 04:02, Matt Domsch wrote: > ... Lifecycle Controller is really > quite slick, and there's no concern with having the "right" Linux > environment to run.
Since this is a concern, where does Dell stand upon source releases? I recently picked up an older model Power Edge, and was a little miffed at myself on discovering that the array management software was only available as binaries. I'm not a volume customer, by any means, but one of my sites will be buying a new Linux server hopefully within the next few days. It'll surely be a Dell because you're reasonably priced and easy to buy from (we looked at Solaris a while back, before they sold out, and not only did they turn out to be expensive, but they didn't really want to talk to us in the first place). You're nearly certain of our business right now, however source releases would be nice and assure our interest in Dell in the future - source is very reassuring from the point of view of long-term support, and ensures the widest choice of distros. Stroller. _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
