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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I manage an HP server for a small
company and it has an ILO (Dell calls it a DRAC). If you never
want to set foot in the company (AKA, work in your pajamas),
setting up the ILO is awesome. Even if the box is going through
reboot, or you're stuck in maintenance mode (the infamous "Press
^D to continue startup" message) and SSHD isn't even running, the
ILO gives you the console over TCP/IP and you can do everything
from ILO. I think you can even power off/on the server from ILO.<br>
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I'm pretty sure I'll never buy another server for a customer
without it.<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Regards,
George Toft
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On 4/7/2014 7:01 PM, Nadim Hoque wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I just want to get your experiences regarding
server purchases. The server is meant for a small business with
about 10+ people and does not need to be utilized 24/7. I was
wondering if I should build my own or go with and OEM such as
dell. I would consider HP but I do like Dell's direct to
purchase/customization but I am free for suggestions. I was
thinking an Xeon E3 quad core, about 8gb of ram, 4 500gb hard
drives and that should be about it. I am thinking about building
my own because a lot of the server boards come with IPMI support
and the Dell model I was looking at was the T1102 which does not
inlcude IPMI what so ever. Thanks for taking the time.<br
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<div dir="ltr">Nadim Hoque<br>
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