We were a Compaq shop when we switched to NT 4 years ago. Since that
initial server purchase, we started buying Dell. The servers are iron clad.
If you have a problem, the support at Dell is pretty good. The one thing
that Dell does not have that I loved with Compaq was the Insight Manger
product. I was very easy to get the latest drivers/firmware/etc. and
install them on the server. Dell has a remote card (DRAC) that will give
you the same functionality as the Remote Insight Board, but they do not have
a utility that will seamlessly download and install the drivers and firmware
updates. They have a product called OpenManage that will allow you to pull
down the files by system type but you still have to create diskettes or
manually install from the hard drive.
Even though Dell does not have a product that is nearly as good as Insight
Manager I still choose the Dell's over Compaq. They run as well as Compaq
and they have always cost less. Also, I have noticed that Dell does not
produce as many system updates as Compaq did, that is why the loss of
Insight Manager was not that big of a deal.
js
* John Senter
* Sr. NT System's Administrator
* St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
* 332 N. Lauderdale
* Memphis, TN 38105
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Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 3:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Dell servers vs. Compaq
The company has <almost> 100% Compaq servers. Now there is a
requirement to do a comparison between Compaq and Dell, probably because of
the cost difference. What experiences have you had with Dell -
reliability, support, upgrades etc? Anyone running them both in the same
network? I'm all familiar with Insight Manager etc and we even have a few
of the remote insight boards installed. Does Dell have equivalents?
How about doing things like firmware upgrades?
Thanks in advance for your time and help on this. If you have any docs
you want to send me, feel free to email it directly to me.
Thanks - DR
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