On Monday 17 August 2009 16:45:37 Steve Meyers wrote: > What server hardware vendors do you use? What experience have you had > with them? > > I've used Penguin Computing, which I love, except that lately they've > been lagging in some areas. For example, I can't currently get a 6 or 8 > drive 1U SAS system from them -- all the other vendors I've looked at > have those. HP is probably the best I've used, but they're a bit > pricey. Dell works, but I've never really liked them. It's hard to > give a reason why, but they just haven't been my favorites.
I used Penguin Computing about 9 years ago. They were very cool then, but I heard they went downhill after that. Like you said, Dell's okay. They have decent support for commercial/enterprise versions of Linux distributions, but I'm not crazy about them. For most of the last decade, I've built my own servers, either using Tyan, MSI, or ASUS server boards. More recently, however, I've been using SuperMicro A+ (AMD) solutions and have been very happy. The prices are on-par with Dell (pretty affordable), but I get exactly what I want. I've been very impressed with the SuperMicro twin systems- these are, essentially, two complete server systems in one 1U chassis. -- [email protected] is Doran L. "Fozz" Barton "Give great space to the festive dog that shall sport in the roadway." -- Seen in a Tokyo traffic handbook /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
