Sorry, I was out for a while.
Thank you for your advice. It was what I am looking about. I have experience
with IBM, NEC and ZENITH and also problems with sound cards, which I don't care
about. I was just looking for a balletproof server to run a balletproof OS.
So I will choose HP.
Fathi ben Nasr.
Eric Sisler a écrit :
> Fathi Ben Nasr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >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 ?
>
> I'm not sure there is a clear-cut winner in technical superiority. I'm
> guessing they'll all be about the same. Do you have any experience with
> either brand? Sometimes that can be helpful when troubleshooting hardware
> or if you need spare parts.
>
> >These servers are:
> >HP Netserver LH4
> >IBM Netfinity 5500 M20
> >Compaq Proliant 5500 1P/4P
> >Compaq Proliant 5500 2P/4P
>
> I don't have any experience with the Netfinity line, but I do have an older
> model NetServer (LHPro - a dual 200MHz PPro) here. We have primarily
> Compaq's on the desktop here, but I went with the NetServer for the
> following reasons:
>
> At the time, neither HP nor Compaq were "on the Linux bandwagon" so to
> speak. I was able to talk to a pre-sales engineer at HP who gave me
> specifics about the on-board SCSI card and video chipset, so I could verify
> that Linux would run on the hardware. I was unable to get any definite
> answers from Compaq at the time. (This may not be much of an issue anymore
> as I believe all 3 vendors now offer Linux pre-configured.) Our commercial
> Unix boxes are HP's and I knew their RISC boxes, hubs, switches, etc. were
> pretty bulletproof. I was hoping the same was true of their NetServer
> line. This has proven to be the case thus far.
>
> Although I'm very familiar with Compaq on the client end, they sometimes
> tend to use "semi-proprietary" hardware which isn't always supported by
> Linux. (Their soundcards spring to mind.) Again, this may no longer be
> the case, at least with their server line.
>
> I liked the NetServer's front-mounted hot-swap drive trays. I've been able
> to successfully remove a device from the kernel's SCSI table, remove the
> drive, replace it with another and add the new drive to the kernel's table
> without powering down! This may be possible with offerings from IBM and
> Compaq as well.
>
> I *may* have been making somewhat of a statement at the time, as all
> NetWare & NT servers were running on Compaq and all Unix servers were HP,
> but it's hard to tell. <grin>
>
> Finally, the LHPro was being discontinued and I was able to get a good
> price on it.
>
> That said, I do have a smaller server at another building running on Compaq
> desktop-class hardware, but it doesn't really need to be any beefier. I
> wasn't able to get the soundcard to work, but it doesn't really matter on a
> server.
>
> HTH
>
> -Eric
>
> Eric Sisler
> Library Computer Technician
> Westminster Public Library
> Westminster, CO, USA
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