[ale] Server Vendor Hardware

[matty91 at bellsouth.net]

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Robert L. Harris wrote:

>
>
> Ok, guys, I'm looking for some server quality hardware for my company.
> Something along these specs:
>
> Rackmount 2U
> Dual 3Ghz Xeon
> 4Gigs of ram
> 3x75Gig Hotswap SCSI drives
> 4x10/100 Copper NIC
> Floppy (must have)
> Linux compatable
>
> On-site Service such as Dell's 4Hour is a big plus.
>
> We're currently getting quotes from Dell and IBM for a total of
> about 80-100 machines but I'm not sure in what quantity how fast yet.
> That will come down the road once we get pricing, etc.

Take a look at the Fujitsu and IBM Bade solutions.

>
> Suggestions based on working with the vendors?
>   Robert
>
>
> :wq!
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