Simon Lyall <[email protected]> writes: > 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" ). > > ... > > 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?
To be honest, I've had the bet luck just having a sales rep I trust, and talking to them. Their job is to know their product line, and tell me what fits my performance/price point best. I can sanity check things, and tweak them, but I find this much simpler. However, I'm pretty small -- about your size, and HP has never returned my phone calls. So this may not work for you with HP. seph _______________________________________________ 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/
