On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Sean Waite wrote: > Depends on what line of Sun servers you priced out. One thing to keep in > mind, the lowest entry level Sun server will be of a lot higher quality > than any mainstream Dell server just due to the fact that companies like > Sun, Compaq, and IBM spend a lot more resources and time doing product > testing and evaluation than Dell does. After recent experience with the Sun v20z's, I'd disagree - the quality isn't there. >From what one of my co-workers who's been working with Sun on the boxes said, Sun actually bought the line from another vendor, and has been trying to make them into usable servers - the IMPI management interface has issues, the RAID controllers are cruddy (compared to the Dell ones, at least), the hardware quality is sub-par, etc. The new line of high-end Opteron servers is supposed to be better, though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | nate carlson | natecars at natecarlson.com | http://www.natecarlson.com | | depriving some poor village of its idiot since 1981 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------