Colin Anderson wrote:
> C'mon guys! Certify a few current model servers and be done
with it.
Problem is, certification is a moving target and can become
invalid with something as simple as a BIOS change by the
manufacturer. Now that the barrier to entry to changing a design
is almost nil, manufacturers love to screw around with designs to
save a few bucks. I have seen two identical boxes, labelled as
such by the manufacturer, bought in the same time period, but with
different guts. Digium would wind up with egg on their faces by
certifying a system, then 90 days later after everyone buys it,
finds out that some subtle change by the manufacturer has
destabilized the config.
I agree it is frustrating as hell, but this is the price we pay.
Would you rather buy a Mitel for 10X the $$$? Maybe in some
circumstances, it is worth it.
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I bought two HP DL380s at the exact same time from CDW. I used the
first one to build an image to transfer to the other system. When I
booted the second system, kudzu reported different NICs. So, yes, next
to impossible to certify any hardware without the hardware
manufacturer's help.
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