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Dell PE 2950 or HP DL350 G5?

Hello mates,
I am about to buy a new server for my company. But the point is that I am little confused and not much clear of what would be the best choice.

I have to decide between Dell PE2950 and HP DL350 G5 and the specs are as the following:

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-Dell GO FAST HIGH END PROMO PE 2950  (Rack Mount)
Processor:  QuadCore Intel Xeon E5405, 2x6MB chace, 2.00 GHz, 1333 FSB
Memory:       4 GB FB 667 MHz (2x2GB)
Chipset:        Intel  5000P
Optical:        CDR/DVD Combo
Storage:       1st Hard Drive 146GB, SAS, 3.5-inch, 15 000 rpm (hotplug)
                    2nd Hard Drive 146GB, SAS, 3.5-inch, 15 000 rpm (hotplug)
                    3rd Hard Drive 146GB, SAS, 3.5-inch, 15 000 rpm (hotplug)
StorageController:  PERC 6/i, x6 Backplane, Integrated RAID Controller Card
PowerSupply:      Two Hot Plug Power Supplies for Redundancy (no power cord)

-HP ProLoiant DL350 G5

Processor:  QuadCore Intel Xeon E5420, 2x6MB chace, 2.50 GHz, 1333 FSB
Memory:       2 GB FB 667 MHz
Chipset:        Intel  5000P
Optical:        DVDR
Storage:       1st Hard Drive 146GB, SAS, 3.5-inch, 10 000 rpm (hotplug)
                    2nd Hard Drive 146GB, SAS, 3.5-inch, 10 000 rpm (hotplug)
PowerSupply:      1000 Watt-CE

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These up are the technical specs but some friends of mine made me a little confused about what to choose cause for my opinion as i was in a way to get pc's from Dell or Hp i would certenally choice Dell.

Please, can any1 give me an advice of what to choose ?

I have to decide for about 2-3 days.

Thank you in advance
Losi
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I can tell you from personal experience to go with Dell. Mostly support based. I have worked with HP/Compaq before and the support was a nightmare. I had a server(HP) go down because of a backplane failure, it happens. But it took me 4 days to get a replacement part even though i have a next day service contract with them because they had a inventory issue. With Dell, I have had similar rates of hardware failure (it doesnt happen often, but it does happen now and again) and my part meets me here at the office every time at 9am right as I get in, thus eliminating any unnecessary downtime.
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Not to mention the annoyance of having to talk to 4 different people who didnt know their ******* from them elbows. Kept trying to waste my time with system tests that I knew were going to all fail.  
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Just noticed you're looking for rackmount, DL380 G5 is the most popular server for that.
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