On 1/14/2011 12:52 PM, Steven Kurylo wrote: > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Daniel Pittman<[email protected]> wrote: >> On Jan 14, 2011 9:12 AM, "Roy McMorran"<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Apologies in advance if I'm covering old ground here. I'd swear I'd seen >>> a similar discussion recently but I haven't been able to find it in the >>> archives. Anyway... >>> >>> I'm seeking recommendations for x86 based servers. >> At my previous job we used SuperMicro machines pretty extensively, and were >> quite satisfied with their performance. They turned out as reliable as the >> IBM or Dell equipment that we had used, at much lower cost. >> >> We didn't lean heavily on their management over LAN features, preferring >> serial consoles, but my recollection is that they had solid IPMI support and >> a viable set of KVM/CLI integration options. >> >> They can hit all the other requested features. > We usually try to get refurbished HPs, mostly DL385s. Recently we > got a stack of Sunfire X4150s for incredible cheap and I'm very > impressed with them. I really prefer the Sun's, but when I last > priced out new they're way too expensive. > > Next time I have to buy new, I'm going to seriously look at the > SuperMicro, because I see a lot of people using them now. > > Redundancy and some kind of LOM (which works, which our old Dell RACs > don't really) is quite important to us. We're a big-time user of the supermicro. Many models to choose from. They are great for clusters. We have an evaluation of a Fujitsu in house right now. It's almost identical to the Sun/Oracle x41[45]0, but a fraction of the price. It has the same layout on the front with 8 2.5" drives, dual power supplies, a decent LOM (includes independent power quality graphics for both power supplies and shows you the power draw for each), and several ways that the console can be accessed simultaneously (2 with java, one with ssh/telnet, all viewed simultaneously).
I think the brackets for pulling out the 2.5" disks are a little flimsier on the fujitsu, but the case opening on the top is a better design. (Cambridge Computer is one reseller, but I'm sure there are plenty more out there. Cambridge is also a LOPSA sponsor). _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
