[TriLUG] Custom PC suppliers

[Jack Hill]

On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 15:00 -0400, James Jones wrote:
> Extensible Firmware Interface  or Electronic Fuel injection? :-)  or Other.

I didn't realize that IBM servers were that power hungry as to require
an ICE with EFI.

Jack

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> jcj
> 
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:48 PM, William Chandler <wcchandler at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I recommend IBM for servers simply because I work there and it puts food on
> > my table.  But they're usually outside people's budgets, in which case I
> > recommend DIY.  It's not any different from a PC, really.  Same components,
> > just different shapes and stuff.  Supermicro is usually pretty decent.
> >
> > Also, I think we have a handful of IBMers in the group and we may be able to
> > help you on the IRC channel if you ever run into problems...  Like Cristobal
> > and his EFI problem.  I couldn't help him entirely but I did my best with
> > what little I knew.
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