On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Ben Kochie wrote: > I'd select neither, unless this is a very large server. I personaly don't > see much reason to go with VALinux, they make generic systems, nothing > really special, they use intel motherboards last i checked, which is fine > and tested, your boss is pulling shit out of his ass frankly.. the > hardware is fine, the company is going through growing pains, so there may > be some stability problems. if you understand hardware, they are a tier > three seller, they really don't do much in the development as far as > hardware goes.. compaq is i tier 1 seller, they make some of the chips > involved in their high end servers.. the "crossbar switch" stuff is really > cool, but also makes their hardware damn expensive, and totaly > propretary. personaly, I go with dell for that kind of server, they are > tier 2, they make the motherboards, they support linux (i have bought 2 > pre-installed poweredge linux systems, nicely setup), and they have good > service. unless your boss has a problem with dell.. go with them.. > > Thank You, > Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net) > I second Ben's emotion. I giggled when I heard the "If you are calling about running Linux on Dell hardware press..." on the Dell helpline. I think they are doing great things and they put together solid systems. We have been buying nothing but Dell server for about 3 years and have really had no problems. The remote hardware trouble shooting stuff that they are introducing is wicked cool too. ____________________________ Mike Neuharth ADCS Technology Specialist http://www.umn.edu/adcs E-Mail : mjn at umn.edu Page Mail : 6126486512 at page.metrocall.com http://nifty.dsl.visi.com/ ____________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org