Yes, that's apparent as I just received the hard drives, it's the server chassis that are going to be a little late.
John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 11:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors? AFAIK, the factories in Thailand that are affected by flooding aren't producing SSD. On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 06:01, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > And just to prove it here's what I got on an order we placed about a week > ago....... > > > > Medium & Large Business > > Order Status > > Sorry for the Delay > > > Dell Purchase ID: 20029xxxxxxxx > Customer Number: 42xxxxxx > > Dear Customer, > We wanted to let you know that there is a delay with one or more items in > your order. > > Based on the latest available information, we have adjusted the Estimated > Delivery Date and are confident your order will be delivered on or before > 11/9/2011 > > We are sorry for the delay and appreciate your patience. > > > > Revised Estimated Delivery Date > Order Number Product Description (click here for full order details) > Revised Estimated Delivery Date > > 82671xxxx > PE R710 with Chassis for Up to 4, 3.5-Inch Hard Drives 11/9/2011 > > This email shows a specific item within your purchase that has been delayed. > If you ordered multiple items, they may ship separately and at different > times. > > Strangely enough the SSD drives I had to order separately are supposed to be > here today - go figure! > > > > > > > > > John W. Cook > System Administrator > Partnership For Strong Families > 5950 NW 1st Place > Gainesville, Fl 32607 > Office (352) 244-1610 > Cell (352) 215-6944 > MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 5:20 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors? > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Ben N <[email protected]> wrote: >> I just got this from my Dell Rep. Makes me wonder sometimes if they just >> want me to hurry up and order things i have coming up or if this is a real >> concern for future orders. > > I saw noise in the tech news that some suppliers might be having > issues due to the natural disasters over there. And some suppliers > prolly will. But other suppliers also exist. These kind of things > are hard to predict. > > But it's also Dell's end-of-quarter right now. 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