[wplug] HowTo - Spec out a Linux Server

[Gregsim]

Ouch!  A $400 premium might be in order to make sure you get the right machine.  Like I said, Dell always tries to move you into RAID 5, dual processor, dual power supply, SCSI, split backplane (not even sure what that is) and pretty soon it is $7K.  If I were confident which machine to buy, I guess I would prefer to save the $400.  

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chris Romano 
  To: General user list 
  Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 9:11 AM
  Subject: Re: [wplug] HowTo - Spec out a Linux Server





  On 12/1/05, Ryan Brown <lists at tblive.com> wrote:
    Wow, surprised to hear that. It all comes down to the account managers you have. I love Dell, all of our servers are Dells (both at work and my personal side business). Support has been nothing but amazing with Dell. I personally hate CDW, mainly because of our account rep trying to take us for every penny that he could.



    What specs were you looking at? You can get a dual xeon for less than $3k with Dell. They run specials all the time. If you want to contact me off the list I can put you in touch with our reps at Dell, JDMI, or HBS. 



    Ryan


  Everyone has their own good/bad stories about different vendors.  There are a lot of different varibles.  I know that if we had an account manager at Dell, my experience could have been different.  I am willing to pay more for hardware to have the support that I want and that's why I use CDW.  My account manager is great, and I paid an extra $400 per machine (over Dell's pricing) for this. 

  Chris





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