[TriLUG] ibm a-series versus m-series for a server?

[Matthew Lavigne]

On Friday 17 October 2003 09:20 am, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> i need to upgrade my old 350MHz 256MiB aptiva server to something
> with rather more oomph.  being an ibmer, i can get ibm hardware at
> a slight discount, and my experience with h/w is that it has been
> rock-solid, so that's my preferred path at this point.
>
> however, ibm's employee purchase programme only extends to desktops
> and laptops, no rack-mounted 'real' servers.  that's fine; i don't
> mind using a tower.
>
> and unfortunately the specs make it a little difficult to compare
> models.  there seems to be the ThinkCentre A-series and the M-series
> that might be good for my purposes.  the NetVistas don't seem to have
> the memory expansion capacity i'd like.
>
> so far i haven't been able to see any real difference between the
> A-series and the M-series to account for the higher price of the
> latter.
>
> does anyone here have any experience with these, or recommendations?
> --
> #ken	P-)}
>
> Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini  http://Golux.Com/coar/
> Author, developer, opinionist      http://Apache-Server.Com/
>
> "Millennium hand and shrimp!"
Ken, 


The M series have a tendency to have the "must" have add ins along with the 
faster cpus/more mem.  If you want a true comparison the pull me up in BP and 
drop me a note on ST.

Matthew