[THIN] Re: OT: Dell PE 1855 Blade Servers
- From: Matt Kosht <matt.kosht@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:07:07 -0500
I just got an 1855 and am starting to install PS 4.0 on it now. I
have had very good luck with Dell servers in general (we have about 50
in service) despite some comments here to the contrary. I have had a
Compaq server catch on fire, had numerous Compaqs with failed power
supplies, had a hosting customer who had horrendeous service problems
with IBM servers (every motherboard in their Citrix farm was replaced
2x)
We have one of the poorly designed (any Dell rep will admit this)
1655 blades which was the generation before the 1855 eluded to by
others here. Despite some difficulties with KVM compatibilty and
installing an OS it has performed with no need for service for 2
years. They seem to have learned a lot with the 1855 (time will
tell).
Dell is tough to beat on price and in my experience I have never seen
a competitive advantage to buying a more expensive HP/Compaq/IBM.
Service at the Gold level gets you Domestic support and 4 hr response
(we get more like 2 hrs here) and it's still cheaper than going IBM or
HP.
If you buy any kind of quantity from Dell they will let you eval one
(built to your spec) for nothing, for 60 days. I am sure you could
talk HP or IBM into it as well. Why not compare them head to head?
On 1/21/06, Rusty Yates <rusty27@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I would like to know if anyone on this board has had any good or bad
> experience with the Dell PowerEdge 1855 Blade Servers. We are currently
> taking a hard look at using the Dell Blades for our Citrix Servers.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Rusty
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