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

[Al Baker]

ok - but, who do you call for HW problem ? HP has all levels of 
warranties all depending on how much $$
you want to spend. What do you do if you buy and install Supermicro ?????
HP also has 24x7 support center , again not for free, what do you do 
with Supermicro ???
I am really interested because I hear a lot of folks putting * on them 
but I never have worked on them while I have put in bunch of HPs really 
big boxes..
Thx for sharing your experience

Matthew Gibson wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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 <http://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
>     <mailto: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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