[wellylug] IU server & cohosting

[Enkidu]

I had two Poweredges. I'm not sure if they were 350s but they had the
stupid popoff front panel. However apart from that they were little
crackers. Never missed a beat. Ran the Intranet and Exchange Servers
without missing a beat for a number of years.

Cheers,

Cliff

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 09:56:28 +1300, you wrote:

>The older poweredge 350 1U Dells were utter crap, finicky about RAM, 
>finicky BIOS, annoying front cover, poor front panel controls, obsolete 
>the day they left the factory.
>
>I imagine they have improved a lot, but I switched to IBM x305/x306s 
>and never looked back.
>
>2nd hand is a good way to go e.g. trademe, but i wouldn't put any stock 
>in the SGI brand for x86 servers - none of the parts will be cheaply 
>replaceable, and they are just bog-standard x86 machines in terms of 
>architecture and performance.
>
>-Pete
>
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Has anyone got any reccomendations for a low end 1U rack mount server 
>> (ide or sata drives)?
>>
>> I would normally build my own servers but a 1U case is $700 odd 
>> compared to $1500 for a low end Dell. The dell looks tempting at that 
>> price.
>>
>> any thoughts/comments/experiences appreciated.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
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these days.