At 4:57 PM -0400 on 4/29/05, Daniel Salama wrote:
On Apr 29, 2005, at 4:22 PM, snacktime wrote:
Does anyone have any experience with servers from siliconmechanics.com? Are they reliable? How does * run on them?Personally I would buy an * box from someone like asaservers.com. At least companies like that really know their hardware, and if you tell them the common issues with * they could probably put together a rock solid system.
Chris
Thanks
- Daniel
I have had extensive experience with Silicon Mechanics machines, and I have had nothing but the best interactions with the company and their products. Pricing has been decent, though I'm sure if I was shopping for el-cheapo hardware I could get better. However, I base my purchasing decisions on quality of equipment and service, and their price is certainly what I consider "inexpensive" when I balance it against those two other criteria.
Sometimes they're a bit slow on shipping, as they build a lot of their gear to order, but I can typically wait a week or so. I've ordered probably 30 or 40 systems from them in varying configurations, and I've not had a return yet.
I don't know if they actually ship anything other than SuperMicro motherboards, but I'd suggest specifying them in your order. I've had very good luck with those MB's in my Asterisk platforms. Plus, their on-line pricing and configuration tool really makes things easy to get a price quote without dealing with salespeople (not that their salespeople are bad, but it's just time-consuming trying to get someone on the phone.)
This thread should probably move over to asterisk-biz if it's going to be extended...
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