Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Josh Luthman
My point was rather to show it isn't garage sale quality :) On Aug 24, 2010 7:28 PM, "Jeremy Parr" wrote: On 24 August 2010 17:54, Josh Luthman wrote: > > Dell Outlet is 90% ne... Exactly. There are some great bargains to be had there.

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Jeremy Parr
On 24 August 2010 17:54, Josh Luthman wrote: > Dell Outlet is 90% new dell stuff that was shipped twice, almost > always still in the box. Someone ordered the wrong thing for example. > Exactly. There are some great bargains to be had there. ---

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Josh Luthman
r because it has the same warranty as new Dell gear. > > Best, > > > Brad > > -Original Message- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Kevin Sullivan > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 2:41 PM > To: WISPA Gene

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Brad Belton
arranty as new Dell gear. Best, Brad -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Sullivan Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 2:41 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers? Any idea what tha

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Scott Lambert
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 02:34:41AM -0400, Justin Wilson wrote: > There are several sellers on eBay selling Dell servers. We > almost exclusively buy off eBay when it comes to servers. Lots of > Dell/IBM/Etc. hardware with warranties. I just purchased 5 Poweredge > 1850¹s for a client. 2x 3.

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Nick White
t:* Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:42 AM *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers? Unfortunately, these servers are going to be geographically dispersed, and doing things that cannot really be virtualized. Three will be doing NAT/policy routing, three will be runn

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Kevin Sullivan
Any idea what that cost? We're looking at ~2TB of data currently, and we'd like some room to grow... Kevin - Original Message - From: "Brad Belton" To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Good S

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Brad Belton
a.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Brad Belton Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:42 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers? Agreed. We've run HP and Dell servers for years and have been happy, but we had no idea what we

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Brad Belton
s we have now are > probably 100x the power of the two 42U cabinets stuffed with servers they > replaced! > > > > Best, > > > > > > Brad > > > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Jeremy Parr >

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Jeremy Parr
On 24 August 2010 13:02, Kevin Sullivan wrote: > What is everyone doing for VM storage? > Internal drives on small sites (prefer Raid 1 if possible, easier to recover in the event of a controller failure) and iSCSI for larger sites. The Dell MD3000i is a good bang for the buck if you need a sing

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Josh Luthman
wrote: > What is everyone doing for VM storage? > > Kevin > > - Original Message - > From: Matt Larsen - Lists > To: WISPA General List > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:42 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers? > Unfortunately, these ser

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Kevin Sullivan
What is everyone doing for VM storage? Kevin - Original Message - From: Matt Larsen - Lists To: WISPA General List Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:42 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers? Unfortunately, these servers are going to be geographically

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] *On Behalf Of *Brad Belton *Sent:* Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:42 AM *To:* 'WISPA General List' *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers? Agreed. We've run HP and Dell servers for years and have been happy, but we had no idea what we were

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Chris Gotstein
If you are looking for new, i've been buying my servers from IXsystems out of California for the past 6 years. They have a good range of products and also sell blade systems. Very stable hardware. They are a big contributor to open source and FreeBSD. If you want contact info, let me know. ---

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Jon Auer
> probably 100x the power of the two 42U cabinets stuffed with servers they > replaced! > > > > Best, > > > > > > Brad > > > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Jeremy Parr > Sent: Tuesday, August

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Nick White
Computer Geeks usually has good stuff. I've bought both new (Intel) and refurb (HP) servers from them. Selection looks a bit low at the moment, but a month ago they had three times what's listed now. http://www.geeks.com/products_sc.asp?cat=821 Otherwise eBay is always a good source. On 8/23

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread David E. Smith
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 01:15, Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: > I have a need for about ten 2U/4U rackmount servers.All will be > running Linux, so 4gig RAM, 2ghz or better CPU and ATA drives are > preferred. Does anyone one the list have recommendations? > If the workload is one that can be v

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Rick Harnish
WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers? Agreed. We've run HP and Dell servers for years and have been happy, but we had no idea what we were missing once we virtualized everything. We purchased a Dell blade chassis and three blade servers to sta

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Dennis Burgess
otik Training - Author of "Learn RouterOS" -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Matt Larsen - Lists Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:15 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers? I h

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Brad Belton
un...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Parr Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 7:54 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers? On 24 August 2010 02:15, Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: I have a need for about ten 2U/4U rackmount servers.All will be running Linux, so

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Jeremy Parr
On 24 August 2010 02:15, Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: > I have a need for about ten 2U/4U rackmount servers.All will be > running Linux, so 4gig RAM, 2ghz or better CPU and ATA drives are > preferred. Does anyone one the list have recommendations? > Buy a new Dell (or factory refurb) and vi

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-24 Thread Gino Villarini
] On Behalf Of Matt Larsen - Lists Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 2:15 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers? I have a need for about ten 2U/4U rackmount servers.All will be running Linux, so 4gig RAM, 2ghz or better CPU and ATA drives are preferred

Re: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-23 Thread Justin Wilson
List Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:15:13 -0600 To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers? I have a need for about ten 2U/4U rackmount servers.All will be running Linux, so 4gig RAM, 2ghz or better CPU and ATA drives are preferred. Does anyone one the list have

[WISPA] Good Source for Rackmount Servers?

2010-08-23 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
I have a need for about ten 2U/4U rackmount servers.All will be running Linux, so 4gig RAM, 2ghz or better CPU and ATA drives are preferred. Does anyone one the list have recommendations? Matt Larsen vistabeam.com ---