Re: FN-FORUM Server prices - Dell vs Compaq etc

date posted 23rd January 2002 21:44

Interesting choices there Charles - my choices would be:

Compaq Servers
- I have always used Compaq kit, and find it cheaper than Dell kit... I've
never had a problem with support and the stuff I buy from them is always
good quality.

Toshiba Laptops
- This is a personal preference as I used to work for a Ministry of Defence
Repair centre and used to fix Tosh Laptops - I know what goes into them and
can diagnose most problems with them.

HP Switches
- Always.. I'm doing stuff with the HP Gigabit switches at the moment and
never have any problems with them.

Intel NIC's
- Never use anything else for important kit, I use them in all my clone
build PC's... and I've never had any problems with drivers for either M$ or
Unix.

Seagate HDD's
- No real reason why this manufacturer of harddisks - probably something to
do with the fact that when I was at the MoD repair centre, I also did
HDA/Head Assembly repairs on HDD's in a clean room. We never seemed to get
many Seagate drives needed fixing or data recovering...

Rgds,

-C.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Lecklider" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Server prices - Dell vs Compaq etc


> IMHO, there is only one answer to this.
>
> HP servers, Dell desktops, Sony laptops (or IBM if you want the
> horsepower), Extreme switches, 3com NICs, Seagate hdd's. You're stuck
> with everything else, but these are the important parts.
>
> HP's servers make Dell stuff look like the cheap crap it really is.
> Their support is hugely better than Dell (tho I don't think anyone has
> the support you want). OTOH, Dell desktop boxes are so cheap that you
> can afford to buy a few extra to swap in when they fail (usually the
> quantum/maxstor drive). Sony laptops look nice (which seems to be all
> anyone cares about). Extreme switches just rock - period. Intel NICs
> would probably do just as well, but Intel seem to make a habit of
> buggering up the drivers - usually just when I'm stuck with an Intel
> card. And Seagate hdds, well, that's a matter of my experience. They've
> got the most helpful support, and give you absolutely no hassle
> whatsoever when you have to send a drive back. The failure rate is also
> far lower than any other brand I've tried, and they hardly ever just
> die, so you have a bit of time to make sure you've got all the data.
>
> btw, all the above is just from my experience of doing this stuff for
> the past 10 years. I'm sure other people have got a similar list of
> stuff they trust - it'll be interesting to see what overlaps.
>
> -C
>
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