Phone up and speak to someone in business sales too. I don't know how it works across the pond but here, we have an account manager (we buy Dell PCs so admittedly it's not just a one-off) but basically you shouldn't be expecting to pay what is on the website - even on a single server.
I would speak to a real person and a number of VARs and get them to compete for the business - it will be someone's end of quarter. ________________________________________ From: Ben Scott [[email protected]] Sent: 05 December 2011 4:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Virtualization - Sizing, hard disk config On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Paul Hutchings <[email protected]> wrote: > ... a Dell R510 stuffed full of SAS drives and a good RAID controller, > running in RAID10 would give you a hell of a lot of grunt for not a lot > of money. Man, you ain't kidding about that. Dell's configurator quoted me that increasing the RAM from 1 GB to 64 GB will cost only about $900! That's **way** better than the T710 I was looking at. Much thanks for the tip!! (Kurt'll be happy, I can max the box. ;-) ) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- MIRA Ltd Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
