So I'm an HP shop (mostly DL360s and a few DL180s) but I only buy at most a dozen servers each year ( at around 2-3 times the "base price" ).
The problem I'm finding is that I want to get a new server and I start at a page like: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF04a/15351-15351-3328412-241644-241475.html and then I can spend a few hours checking the models, working out which support which hard drives. After which I'm still not sure if I'm picking the best combination for my load and budget (which is not great). I was wondering what others do? Should I just work through the requirements and explicitly list them to my sales guy with my "best guess" as to what I need or is there a better route to go? Like I said I'm often only buy a couple of servers at a time so investing huge amounts of time isn't really an option but buying unsuitable hardware is obviously something I want to avoid. Thoughts? -- Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.nz/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar | eMT. _______________________________________________ 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/
