RE: Dell SC430 servers
- From: Gabriel C. Stan <GabrielCStan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 23:44:18 -0800
DMH, if you do window shopping then DELL is the worse since they compete
against themselves, we all love them but in the end they are still cheap.
The whole strategy is to confuse you and if the DELL website down under is
the same as here in US the more you quote one product the lower will get or
more deals will pop up, bottom line they really want your money.
A business class HP desktop, for example, has the same quality parts as the
so called entry level DELL server for the same price just different support.
I have nothing against DELL I use them everyday, but if you really need to
speak with someone you will most likely end up back here.
On regards with the SC420, one of my customers is using them as desktops
(that also should tell you about exchangeability with HP or others) it was
just a good deal.
Oddly enough most of them do not have raid on bios except 2; there is got to
be some kind of motherboard revision diferences there, but I cannot figure it
out. I did not like it that they are not consistent, hardware wise.
Whatever you decide to do make sure you compare apples with apples.
"dmh" wrote:
Hi,.
I've found these value servers to be great for small offices just
getting into a server/client setup. With the bundled SBS2003 Std Ed
adding around AU$630 it it rather painless to convince a small
operation to seriously consider the advantages offered by Exchange and
RWW.
The last Dell model I ordered was a SC420 which had a built in raid
controller. This coupled with 2 sata drives in Raid 1 has proven to be
very reliable.
It now seems that the SC430 series no longer comes with a built in
raid controller. Dell advised adding a 3rd party controller would void
warranty. and that I need to move up to their 830 range adding a
further AU$600 to the price.
I've had bad info from Dell before when they told me the SC420 did not
have raid (wrong). The "I'll get the tech support guy to ring you
about raid in 10 minutes" is now 48 hours overdue.
Has anyone deployed a SC430 recently who can confirm if the
motherboard has a built in raid controller or not?
I get the impression Dell have removed this to force people into a
higher end server.
Its also strange that the SBS2003 STD 5 Client option adds AU$639.00
when selected with the cheap server. However if selected with the
dearer models its a AU$1100.00 increase.
Thanks for any advice on the SC430
David
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