[asterisk-users] Had it with Dell Garbage - HP Question

Matthew Gibson mattgibson.ca at gmail.com
Tue Mar 25 17:29:49 CDT 2008


I've had good luck with these guys:

http://rackmountsetc.com/

supermicro have never failed me yet.


On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Jesse Molina <jesse at opendreams.net> wrote:

>
> If you want barebones where you add your own processor, RAM, hard drives,
> and options, try SuperMicro brand servers.  They are thousands of dollars
> less than the "big" (fat) names like IBM and HP/Compaq, but very good
> quality.
>
> I've built several clusters of computers with SuperMicro systems.  They
> are great if you want to do barebones, clusters, or other special projects.
>
> It just takes a little more time to do the assembly work.
>
> Try newegg.com for some sample pricing.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 04:38:43AM -0400, Al Baker wrote:
> > Steve - Where are you buying your HPDL380 's ?   I may need quite a # of
> > these for a new project.
> >
> > What factors were the Most Important to you in selecting this product ?
> >
> > What, if anything, is there any you do NOT like about these boxes ?
> >
> > How many have you deployed ?
> >
> > What is the largest box you have deployed ?
> >
> > Who does your hardware maintenance  ? HP ??
> >
> > Thx for sharing !!!
> >
> > Steve Totaro wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Matt <mhoppes at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I've had it with Dell server garbage.    They seem to change RAID
> > >> controllers as much as I change socks, and then the controllers don't
> work
> > >> with Linux, unless you load a new driver.    They sell servers with a
> PCI-e
> > >> slot in them, but then you get it and find out the RAID controller is
> using
> > >> the PCI-e slot!   Their sales folks are dumber than rocks, and they
> change
> > >> them more often than I change underwear.
> > >>  [end rant].
> > >>
> > >> Can anyone recommend an IBM or Gateway server that you have used with
> > >> Asterisk and are happy with, and which will support RAID-1 or RAID-5
> and has
> > >> room for one or two PCI-express interface cards?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > HP DL380 is my baby.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Steve Totaro
> > >
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