Amos Shapira wrote:
Hello,
We'd like to try to assess our hardware requirements for a network
server and for this need access to a large-ish configuration (lots of
RAM, lots of disks, strong CPU's).
We are a small ISV and so I though that maybe Dell (with whom our
hosting provider in the US works) might provide such access as part of
a "partners program" but so far I failed to draw their attention (they
keep bouncing me back and forth among technical people with long
waiting times and difficult accent).
Does anyone know what are my options to access such hardware?
(The server will run CentOS 5, so that's the connection to Linux :).
Dell definitely does offer such services, we have used them extensively
at my company (a US-based ISV). Our requirements have been somewhat
larger however (clusters of up to a dozen servers), so therefore more
likely to attract their attention. But I am not certain of the best
method to get in touch with this department, however, as all my contact
is second-hand through our performance testing director in the US. But
I would recommend working through the Dell sales organization (if you
buy any significant amount of hardware, you should have a dedicated
sales rep), or attempt to get a contact from your hosting provider.
We now have dedicated testing labs because we've found the need for
performance testing was significant and Intel hardware is still
relatively cheap. Our software runs on Solaris also and for that we
continue to use Sun testing labs, due to the extreme expense of
high-performance Sun hardware.
--Jeremy
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