Re: Dell vs. SuperMicro: Reliabilty and parts availability

I myself purchased a SuperMicro Super Server and I am very happy with it,
tech support is excellent and the hardware is excellent, had I to do it over
again I would choose the SuperMicro again. Our SuperServer is Dual Zeon,
Adaptec RAID and enough slots for I think 8-16 GB of RAM
"Leythos" <void@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:MPG.1d2c517d5877a54f98994f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <#W8KesGfFHA.3936@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>> Thanks for all the great responses! Once the dust all settled, I have
>> opted to buy an already assembled SuperMicro box from Aberdeen. Costs
>> about $300 more than just the parts, but I don't have to build it, and
>> they add a 5 year warranty. (I'm not so competent at this game as you
>> all.) But I'd rather have easier access to parts than just one source.
>>
>> Ending up with a P4 based on the 925X chipset, SATA, Raptorm RAID 1.
>> (This is a very light used SBS 2003 install.) I had a tech to my office
>> today who said a similar platform beat the socks off a quad-zeon (maybe
>> 2.4 GHz) SCSI system.
>
> If he really said that you need to get another Tech and make sure you
> never take advise from him again. Sure, a Dual running a small unaware
> application with faster CPU's may run faster than a Quad running slower
> processors, but when it comes to load, with the same hardware, the Quad
> will win.
>
> SATA is fast, on a fast motherboard, but so is SCSI, so, if you just
> looked at the performance specs, SCSI320 would always be faster than
> SATA150, even SCSI160 would always be faster. There is a lot more to
> performance than just the drives.
>
> Without knowing the hardware on both machines it's impossible to give an
> exact rating of faster/slower.
>
> In my experience, you need more than RAID-1, you also need a on-line
> backup method and some form of off-line backup method. Many people are
> using external XXXGB firewire/USB drives for backup, but, in a power
> surge, you can lose the server and the external device. As old as it is,
> tape is still a great option and makes it easy to store backups.
>
>
>> "David F" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23AQuiideFHA.2420@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Anyone have experience with these mfg for servers? Comments?
>> >
>> > I'm tired of dealing with Dell's way of delivering parts--sometimes
>> > slow, sometimes unreliable, often poor communication via India.
>> >
>> > If SuperMicro any better?
>> >
>> > Thanks, David
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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