[BBLISA] Cluster fun

[Andrew Cohen]

I disagree with the statement that it's possible to get black boxes for
half the price of Dells.  My experience over the last couple of years
has been that Dell has brought the price down to the point where it's
really no cheaper to go with a white/black box.  The ONLY reason these
days to go with a white/black box is if you have a very specific
configuration that Dell can't provide.  Frankly, for 1 or 2U boxes, I
can't think of any such configuration.

-----Original Message-----
From: bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On
Behalf Of Edward Ned Harvey
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 12:50 PM
To: bblisa at bblisa.org
Subject: RE: [BBLISA] Cluster fun

I've used many times - 	
	CTS computer 617 964 8927
	Ctscomputer.com

And I'll say they're really good, if you want generic black boxes with
quality parts, to compare against dell servers for the sake of saving
money.

I'll say that for best reliability, you should use the dell servers,
with a
supported OS.  (Don't buy an optiplex and expect to run linux on it.)
But
CTS was able to deliver 2x the black boxes for me that I would have
gotten
for the same $$ in Dells.

Depends on your needs.  If you need the best reliability, I'll recommend
the
Dell.  If you need the highest horsepower per dollar, I'll recommend
CTS.
Tell them you want to run RedHat (or whatever) and they'll test it for
you
to make sure it installs before shipping it.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On
> Behalf Of Scott Ehrlich
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 10:38 PM
> To: bblisa at bblisa.org
> Subject: [BBLISA] Cluster fun
> 
> I've priced some 1 and 2U Dell servers.  Now, I'd like to perform a
> price
> comparison of COTS hardware for 1 and 2U servers.  What VAR companies
> do people
> recommend I check out for putting machines together?   I'm perfectly
> capable of
> installing and swapping hardware components when/where needed, so on-
> sight
> support is not needed.
> 
> Thanks much.
> 
> Scott
> 
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