To Server or not to Server
2007 August 23
Carrying on from yesterdays post it then got me thinking, what servers do people use / purchase out there. My preference is HP's but of course all manufacturers all have their pro's and con's.So what do you company buy? HP, IBM, DELL, MAC or Self Built?
And why that make? Cost, Support, Reliability, Data Centre Requirements?
Currently here we have a lot of old IBM's but they are slowly being replaced by HP due to Costs, Support and reliability as well as I know how to open one up and work with it.
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We use HP Proliants. My company has a global agreement with HP and have standardized on them, but even if I were completely free to choose and assuming the cost was not prohibitive, I would still stick with them. They're extremely reliable and easy to work with. And their management tools and support from third party systems is top notch.
And since we're now consolidating on VMWare ESX, their excellent ESX integration and support is key.