On 18 April 2012 14:06, Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
On Wed, 18 Apr 2012, Dave Oxley <dave@daveoxley.co.uk> wrote:
I have an 7 year old dell server that is in need of replacement. It's uses among others are MythTV backend, Asterisk, Web server, email, IP routing, various Java web apps. I had spec'ed and almost bought a new Dell server but got really disenchanted with their crappy sales guys. They wouldn't remove the 500Gb hard disk that added $300 to the price
It appears that Dell makes the vast majority of their profit from disks, RAM, etc. The prices on Dell systems are quite low but the prices on parts (particularly disks) are unreasonably high.
Dell are hopeless. Several years ago I purchased an R210, rack mount system, to fit into my smallish rack. I made sure the dimensions of the R210 fit into my rack (it is fine, with room to spare). however the rack mount kit doesn't fit - it is too deep (A lot deeper then the system in fact). I couldn't find any dimensions on Dell's website for the rack mount kit either, so I couldn't have known about this issue beforehand. I asked the sales person to see if there was anything better, and to contact me even if he couldn't find anything suitable. They never did contact me. I am happy with the R210, which I placed on a rack mount shelf (which fortunately got free due to delivery stuff up - that is another story). However I have this new condition Dell rack mount kit taking up space, and I don't know what to do with it. -- Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>