I would like to second my vote for Dell - I have had to work on some old SuperMicro machines and it was never pleasant. Dell on the other hand has so many killer tools and so much information and such helpful linux people that I have never had a complaint. BTW I can hook you up with my OEM reseller - may get you a better discount, then again it may not. But always purchase as a business from Dell not an individual - I hear the individual support kinda bites and it requires nothing to be a business. On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Stephen wrote: > I have noticed dell does allot of under the hood engineering so if those are > features you use keep them in mind > > On Aug 21, 2010 11:37 AM, "Brian Cluff" wrote: > > I was getting mine from Benson IT, formerly Motherboards and Upgrades, they > are on Elliot, between Country Club and Mesa Dr.  It was only 1/4 mile from > workplace, so I could get parts for the machines in way less than 4 hours. > Like Michael mentioned they are an OEM product, so if you wanted on sight > service, you would need to find a vendor that supplied that.  I believe that > Benson will do that, but I never opted for the service. > What I do know is the SuperMicro machines were often times 1/2 the price of > similar dell or hp machines, so you should be able to get a second machine > for the same price and set it up to take over in case of failure and not > have to worry about needing speedy on site repair services. > > Brian Cluff > > On 08/21/2010 07:59 AM, Michael March wrote: >> >> > >> > Brian / Joseph, >> > >> > Where are you guys buying your SuperMicro servers from (if you don't >> > mind ... >> >> > > wrote: >> > >> >    I'll second Joseph's recommendation for SuperMicro serve... >> >>         >> >> >        To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >        http://lists.PLUG.pho... >> >>     >> >> >    To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >    http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.... >> >> Michael F. March ----- mmarch@gmail.com >> >> > Ph: (415)462-1910 ---- Fax: (602)296-0400 >> > P.O. Box 2254 ---- Phoenix, AZ 85002-2254 >> > "Seriousl... >> >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lis... > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists... > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss