Damm, now you guys have give me something to think about. Oh, btw, this is a large server enviroment. We are expecing to spend a min of $100k in just hardware. Quoting mjn (mjn at umn.edu): > 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 -- Joseph A. Heil, Jr. heilja at varsityonline.com VarsityOnline.com http://www.varsityonline.com voice: 952-943-8400 ext 109 fax: 952-943-8300 Key fingerprint = 95 FC 3A F4 8A 10 05 85 3F 53 01 86 AD DB DB 51 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org