NO firmware updates, unless you have a support contract.. they did this back in 2014 !
Regards Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom http://www.snappytelecom.net Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sterling Jacobson" <sterl...@avative.net> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 3:34:14 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New Server Hardware > I like Dells, but I have HP's because of the excess/price on eBay. > > You are saying HP doesn't support like Dell? > > I can believe that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz > Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 1:14 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New Server Hardware > > In my opinion, check out the firmware / support polices for HP vs Dell, > before > you make a decision on what hardware to purchase. > > :) > > Regards. > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > http://www.snappytelecom.net > > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Andreas Wiatowski" <andr...@silowireless.com> >> To: af@afmug.com >> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 1:08:33 PM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New Server Hardware > >> I just pickup off lease HP's on Ebay, lots of ram processors and >> disk... usually don't pay more than $500-800 for them. Gen 7 and 8's. >> Lots of reputable sellers. >> >> Also, Checkout PROXMOX. It's a pretty cool virtualization platform >> with a community edition that you hack around to get the latest >> version. I find it very easy... you can take VMDK files and convert >> them and spin up a new instance of anything easily. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Andreas Wiatowski, CEO >> Silo Wireless Inc. >> 1-866-727-4138 x-600 >> http://www.silowireless.com <http://www.silowireless.com/> Wireless | >> Fibre | VoIP | PBX | IPTV >> >> Silo Wireless is a Proud Member of: >> CanWISP http://www.canwisp.ca >> WISPA http://wispa.org >> Brantford Brant Chamber of Commerce >> Paris Chamber of Commerce >> Cambridge Chamber of Commerce >> >> >> _________________________________ >> The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended >> solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or >> privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. >> If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, >> or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please >> immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this >> message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, >> you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of >> this >> message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. >> >>On 2018-02-06, 1:02 PM, "Af on behalf of Nate Burke" >><af-boun...@afmug.com on behalf of n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: >> >> I'm going to need to bring online a couple new servers (OS Instances) in >> the next month or 2. They could probably be housed inside a single >> physical machine as VM's. It's been a while since I've had to pickup >> new server hardware. What's a good spec now for a machine to do VM's. >> Are NAS prices cheap enough now that you'd go with external storage, or >> just have a single physical machine with internal HDD's. Hardware NAS, >> or another machine running linux and ZFS? With external Storage, does >> it all have to be 10G networking to prevent bottlenecks? About 6 years >> ago I put in a single standalone server running VMWare, but it's out of >> resources to add new VM's to it. >> >> It looks like Newegg has lots of Refurb Dell and HP servers (with no >> HDD's) for cheap. DL380G5 ~$100. I'd like to stay in the $2k-$3k range >> for this project. Or is hosting your own hardware not even worth it >> anymore? Just go get a server from 1and1 for $5/mo setup a VPN back to > > the network and be done?
