On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, greg wm wrote: > i'm ready to drop some $ for 2 simple servers, no m$ software, could be > custom built, could be stock metal. general nanosystems seems good but > i haven't really become acquainted around town that much yet. For work, we buy Dell.. the 4-hr warranty is nice (as long as you get a technician that trusts that you have reasonable hardware diagnostic skills, and that the part you say is dead is indeed dead -- if the tech is annoying, I usually just keep asking for supervisors/managers until I get someone that'll give me the replacement parts), and I don't trust myself to build 1u/2u servers with proper cooling. If you buy at the right time, with the right coupon codes (and/or a sales rep who likes you), you can get some killer deals. For home, where I'm still tower servers, I just build 'em myself with parts from NewEgg. I've heard good things about MWave's builds - you pick the parts and they put it together for you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | nate carlson | natecars at natecarlson.com | http://www.natecarlson.com | | depriving some poor village of its idiot since 1981 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------