Recommendations for server hardware (1U and 2U)..

[Brian Cluff]

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 saying)?
>
> One thing people at my shop like about Dell / HP is that you can get 4
> hour on-site service as an options. Do any of the SuperMicro vendors
> offer that?
>
> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:21 AM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com
> <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>> wrote:
>
>     I'll second Joseph's recommendation for SuperMicro servers.  I've
>     used quite a few of them and have had no major issues as well.  I'll
>     also add that they are easy to find and won't necessarily tie you to
>     any particular distributer, so you can shop around for support.
>
>     Brian Cluff
>
>
>     On 08/21/2010 12:14 AM, Joseph Sinclair wrote:
>
>         I've been running more SuperMicro servers the past couple years.
>         No major issues with several different Linux distros, multiple
>         BSD's.
>         Their IPMI firmware is particularly nice with the option for
>         full remote console (including GUI if you have one installed)
>         via a dedicated ethernet port.
>
>         Their Blade servers are nice for virtual systems, or the Twin2
>         (2RU/4servers) chassis.
>
>         They also have good high density storage servers with 36
>         hot-swap 3.5" drives in 4RU and a new chassis due soon with 72
>         2.5" hot-swap drives in 4RU.  The JBOD expanders (45 drives in
>         4RU) are good for NFS file servers and backup servers.
>
>
>         Michael March wrote:
>
>             For a few years I've been running HP servers and while they
>             have performed
>             well (running CentOS and Ubuntu) I've hated HP's support.
>
>             Now that its time to buy more gear I was wondering what
>             everyone out there
>             is running and happy with.
>
>             FWIW, I'm running Xen on top of CentOS and Ubuntu on bare metal.
>
>             Any recommendations would be appreciated!
>
>
>
>
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