I think he is talking like raid card and other controller hardware on the board that is HP brand.
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On 2018-02-06, 3:53 PM, "Af on behalf of Nate Burke" <af-boun...@afmug.com on behalf of n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: 'Firmware Updates' Are you talking about BIOS updates? Wouldn't all other updates be in the OS, that is vendor agnostic? Or am I missing something. Are BIOS updates a big thing in the server world? I can't remember the last time I actually did a BIOS update. On 2/6/2018 2:51 PM, Andreas Wiatowski wrote: > I didn't know that. > > Most of my servers are not public facing, mainly for "in house" use. There must be a way to get the firmware if you need it?... there always is. > > 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, 3:42 PM, "Af on behalf of Faisal Imtiaz" <af-boun...@afmug.com on behalf of fai...@snappytelecom.net> wrote: > > > 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? > >
