[wplug] HowTo - Spec out a Linux Server

[Gregsim]

Hi Chris,

Boy, I appreciate this comment.  I have been frustrated with Dell myself.  They are always switching people and the pricing is like a car dealer - you never know whether you have a fair price. 

I have a pretty decent Dell server with with Xeon 2.4 GHz processor running Windows 2003 Server and I am serving web sites on IIS and mail on Smartmax.  I have to reboot at least weekly to clear up the memory leaks (or whatever causes the handles to go up and the available memory to go down).  I want to get a machine to offload the mail server because I think that might be the source of the problem.  I would like to get a second new machine for LInux and Postfix.  If you call Dell, they will put you into a $7K machine in a heartbeat.  The machines that came up on CDW were less than $1K, but were Celerons, probably not enough.  I just want a good basic reliable machine.  I put in a request to CDW to recommend something.  

Thanks again for the tip. 

Greg
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chris Romano 
  To: General user list 
  Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:56 AM
  Subject: Re: [wplug] HowTo - Spec out a Linux Server


  On 12/1/05, Matthew T. Engel <mengel at allegheny.edu> wrote:

    Also if anyone has experience with Dell,IBM or other linux server
    vendor, I would be very interested to hear you experiences.


  I can't help you with the NFS question but I do have some comments on the vendors.

  First, I never bought a machine from a vendor with linux installed.  I have always ordered servers with no OS and installed linux myself.  Where I work we have both Dells and HPs.  As far as hardware support in the OS and machine reliability goes, I have never really had any problems.  Now, for service and support ... big problem.  I will NEVER order another dell server again.  Long story short ... I ordered two identical machines and they forgot the CD-Roms.  Not really a big problem, they nevered billed me for them. I should have caught that.  I call and tried to purchase two CD-Roms ... After 3+ hours, 3 ticket numbers, and talking to 8+ people, I gave up.  It should not be that hard to buy parts.  From now on I only order servers through CDW.  I have an account manager that I talk to on a regular basis and if I have a problem I talk to him.  I have talked to other IT Managers and most have had the same experice with Dell.  We are a small company so, you might have a different experience or have an account manager there.

  Hope that helps,
  Chris



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