Re: For you other Linux recyclers out there
Hi Steve, On Thu, 5 Aug 2010, Steve Jenkins wrote: For those of you like to recycle your old servers, I just did a successfully netinstall of CentOS 5.5 (32-bit) on an old PowerEdge 2450. X runs fine (monitor refresh rate was wonky until I updated X-server with yum), as does everything else. Over the past decade, we've replaced our 2450s with 2550s, then 2650s, then 2850s, and now we run 2950s. But the 2450s were actually the most reliable of the bunch... and it's nice to see they can still serve a purpose. As long as that purpose isn't memory or processor intensive. J You are not alone ;-) Handle 0x0100, DMI type 1, 25 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation Product Name: PowerEdge 2450 15:34:20 up 301 days, 3:19, 6 users, load average: 1.06, 1.22, 1.25 -Ronan ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
RE: Third-party drives not permitted on Gen 11 servers
Thank you, Howard for some lovely corporate spin. On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, howard_sho...@dell.com wrote: Thank you very much for your comments and feedback regarding exclusive use of Dell drives. It is common practice in enterprise storage solutions to limit drive support to only those drives which have been qualified by the vendor. Dell is no NetApp. Having used solutions from both, there's a world of a difference. You are kidding yourself if you think you're on a nearby practice ground, let alone in the same ballpark. There are a number of benefits for using Dell qualified drives in particular ensuring a positive experience and protecting our data. Your data? If you want to protect your data, do it at your expense. I'd rather protect my data much more cost effectively and much more flexibly - without a vendor lock-in on drives; or, where requirements justify it, choose a real enterprise storage solution. -Ronan ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
