[Asterisk-Users] Dell PowerEdge 750 rackmount

[Steve Szmidt]

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On Tuesday 24 August 2004 01:02 pm, Steven Critchfield wrote:
> The big thing to look into is what PCI busses the machine supports. We
> where very surprised with our Dell when it came with a PCIX slot and a
> 66mhz 64bit slot. The included ethernet card wasn't directly supported
> by our install disks and we couldn't install a cheap card to get the
> install bootstrapped due to the incompatible slots. So after building a
> special boot disk, all was better except the T100P card I owned wouldn't
> work in it again due to slot incompatibility. That prompted our TE410P
> card purchase.

After using various Dell's for a few years I'm very weary if I need something 
not bland. They are very very good at cutting corners at all sorts of places.
Their intended public is mostly "run of the mill" machines. 

They are the pro's in cutting pennies and turn it into BIG savings.

Too many times have I discovered something odd or less than I would have 
expected. 

SuperMicro on the other hand have striken a good balance of price and quality. 
They are really are going after the market with some very solid hardware and 
not being the cheapest either. Which is really less important in a business 
environment anyway. Support and quality being more important. It's really 
true that you get what you pay for. If you can afford quality it's cheaper in 
the long run.
- -- 
Steve

"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
                                Benjamin Franklin

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