[ale] RHEL on PowerEdge servers from dell outlet

[Jeff Lightner]

We use Dell for Windoze and Linux.  I really don't have much kick about
the PowerEdge server hardware itself.  I don't have any experience with
the Dell Outlet.

One Caveat - While running RHEL (and Fedora Core) on PowerEdge seems
fine Dell's support for Linux (below Gold level [$$$]) sucks wind.  On
more than one occasion they've told me to boot from Windows to solve a
problem on a Linux installed server.  It seems much to me that the Linux
group you get really doesn't know that much about Linux.  Haven't gone
to Gold level so don't know if it is truly better.  I guess if it were
up to me to make the choice I might look for another PC vendor that
didn't have such Windoze tunnel vision.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
To: ale at ale.org
Geoffrey
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:24 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] RHEL on PowerEdge servers from dell outlet

Jerry Yu wrote:
> I am tasked to purchase a few Dell PowerEdge servers, cheap. Dell
outlet
> seems to be a natual choice. I wonder if any ALEr wants to share
his/her
> experience with 'scratch/dent' versus 'certified refurbished'.   A
good
> bargain comes & goes so fast on their site. Any known trick to pull to
> ensure I get what I want w/o refreshing the page every so often 
> (manually or
> using curl)?
> I heard some horror stories about other outlets simply stamp their
returned
> servers as 'certified' w/o going through really fixing up. Thus comes
> another question, how do people test/stress/prep the server for RHEL
> AS 4.4installation?

I have no personal experience with Dell servers, but the view I get from

the various tech lists I'm on, their hardware sucks.  Based on that, I 
would never purchase Dell hardware.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin
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