At 09:54 PM 1/17/00 +0100, Fathi Ben Nasr wrote:
>[...] Can someone help me choose between this servers, which is, especially
>from the hardware point of view, the one that is technicaly superior to
>all the others ?
>These servers are:
>HP Netserver LH4
>IBM Netfinity 5500 M20
>Compaq Proliant 5500 1P/4P
>Compaq Proliant 5500 2P/4P
I'll throw my $0.02 in: I think that all of these will use similar
technology and unless there is an independent benchmark floating around, no
one can answer your question. Given identical amounts of RAM and HD space
and the same processor, they will give approximately the same performance
unless one has a flaw. I would pick based on "added value" like the
quality service you expect if something goes wrong, technical support for
Linux, software they throw in (usually Windows junk that gets filed), etc.
You don't list Dell which may be fine but I'll mention that I've called
their server tech support with simple Linux questions and they gave me good
answers. And you leave off a big Linux hardware player, VA systems (and
there are many others).
Finally, I'm probably way too cheap but I think that a no-name server is
likely to provide better value. But then I value using standard
off-the-shelf parts that can easily be swapped rather than relying on a
(possibly) proprietary part that locks you into one vendor.
-Alan
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