PatrickPinto
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Dell Server vs HP/Compaw Server
Hello All,
With the numbers of projects we are researching and working on, one of the big questions is what server model we want to continue with. If we are going to make a huge investment in VMware, SAN’s, Clustering, etc. we want to have a solid server foundation. We have gone with Dell from a price perspective and they have held up well for the most part.
However, going forward I want to re-visit the HP market and find out if there are any reasons for us to switch over. Are there any specific reasons to switch over…and I am more interested in looking at this from the actual product line….I know if we went HP we can get them faster (dell takes forever to ship) Also, I am sure customer service and all that stuff is good or better than Dells but at the end of the day the main thing I want to focus on is the hardware, the reliability, scalability, etc.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Patrick
With the numbers of projects we are researching and working on, one of the big questions is what server model we want to continue with. If we are going to make a huge investment in VMware, SAN’s, Clustering, etc. we want to have a solid server foundation. We have gone with Dell from a price perspective and they have held up well for the most part.
However, going forward I want to re-visit the HP market and find out if there are any reasons for us to switch over. Are there any specific reasons to switch over…and I am more interested in looking at this from the actual product line….I know if we went HP we can get them faster (dell takes forever to ship) Also, I am sure customer service and all that stuff is good or better than Dells but at the end of the day the main thing I want to focus on is the hardware, the reliability, scalability, etc.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Patrick
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You should also consider Sun. Dell started out as a desktop provider as did Compaq, but Sun has always been a high end server provider.
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Sun? Maybe I am incorrect but I assumed SUN servers were not meant to deploy Windows environments on?
Sun has a whole series of x64 servers that can run Solaris, Linux, Windows, Vmware, etc..
Dell Defintely. Cost, NBD Support, and uptime. Noone comes close. Go a little further and get certified on their boxes and you get further discounts and better support options. Easy online tests.