[TriLUG] Cheap Dell Server

[Chris Bullock]

Well, if you call Compaq and tell them what Dell is offering they will 
*usually* match the price.  We have done that here at our company, found 
what we wanted in a Dell catalog and called Compaq to pricematch.
--cgb

Jason Tower wrote:

>i agree with jonathon completely.  for a small business, they're 
>terrific.  i bought four of the previous version servers from dell 
>(poweredge 500sc) at a similar "stupid cheap" price.  that way i can 
>deploy three at customer sites and have a fourth available as a 
>standby.  lose a power supply or motherboard goes bad - just swap out 
>the disk and you're back up within minutes.  way cheaper than even the 
>lowest-end hp/compaq or ibm server.
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>jason
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