Preferred hardware vendors
I'm in the middle of putting together a rather large order for servers, about half of which will be running OpenBSD. I've gotten pretty good at finding compatible hardware, but I was wondering, is there a vendor(s) who is known for either a) good technical support for OpenBSD or b) support for the development of OpenBSD (or both)? A company I can feel good about dealing with? -- Jeff Simmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] Simmons Consulting - Network Engineering, Administration, Security "By these actions SRL became the first to operate intentionally lethal machinery over the net with standard browser software." -- Survival Research Laboratories
Re: Preferred hardware vendors
On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 08:49:41AM -0800, Jeff Simmons wrote: > I'm in the middle of putting together a rather large order for servers, about > half of which will be running OpenBSD. I've gotten pretty good at finding > compatible hardware, but I was wondering, is there a vendor(s) who is known > for either a) good technical support for OpenBSD or b) support for the > development of OpenBSD (or both)? A company I can feel good about dealing > with? A while back I bought a server from http://www.asacomputers.com/. They are listed on http://www.openbsd.org/products.html, which I didn't know until *after* I'd bought from them. They were helpful and responsive, and worked with me to line up a compatible RAID controller, etc. They installed and configured OpenBSD with everything working. Of course I did a fresh install, but since they'll install and configure as part of the price you *know* everything will work before they ship. :) They even called/emailed me later to make sure I was happy with the machine, and that there were no problems. They are not the cheapest, but they carry good quality server hardware and the service appears to be very good (I can't say what would happen if I'd had problems, since everything has been fine). And when I say they're not the cheapest, neither are they the most expensive. For what they're selling they're competitive. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ http://www.stilyagin.com/darrin/ |
Re: Preferred hardware vendors
On Thursday 22 February 2007 09:14, Darrin Chandler wrote: > On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 08:49:41AM -0800, Jeff Simmons wrote: > > I'm in the middle of putting together a rather large order for > > servers, about half of which will be running OpenBSD. I've gotten > > pretty good at finding compatible hardware, but I was wondering, is > > there a vendor(s) who is known for either a) good technical support > > for OpenBSD or b) support for the development of OpenBSD (or both)? > > A company I can feel good about dealing with? > > A while back I bought a server from http://www.asacomputers.com/. > They are listed on http://www.openbsd.org/products.html, which I > didn't know until *after* I'd bought from them. > > They were helpful and responsive, and worked with me to line up a > compatible RAID controller, etc. They installed and configured > OpenBSD with everything working. Of course I did a fresh install, but > since they'll install and configure as part of the price you *know* > everything will work before they ship. :) They even called/emailed me > later to make sure I was happy with the machine, and that there were > no problems. > > They are not the cheapest, but they carry good quality server > hardware and the service appears to be very good (I can't say what > would happen if I'd had problems, since everything has been fine). > And when I say they're not the cheapest, neither are they the most > expensive. For what they're selling they're competitive. ASA Computers is also listed on http://www.openbsd.org/donations.html They have been here in the silicon valley for almost 20 years, have a great reputation locally and I've bought from them multiple times over the last 15 years. I've never had a problem with them and they even handled the return of a faulty mainboard very well. Supporting open source is not new to them. They've been selling supported systems and have been providing distros/projects on CD since the mid 90's. -jcr
Re: Preferred hardware vendors
Hi, We have developed wireless/wired security / hotspot appliances based on OpenBSD 3.3 to 4.0 since year 2002: http://www.wiborne.com/hotspot.html and http://www.wiborne.com/switch.html All hardwares are based on IPC from www.nexcom.com that offers quality appliance with excellent service. You can contact with [EMAIL PROTECTED] for any needed. Thanks, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Jeff Simmons > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 12:50 AM > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Preferred hardware vendors > > I'm in the middle of putting together a rather large order > for servers, about > half of which will be running OpenBSD. I've gotten pretty > good at finding > compatible hardware, but I was wondering, is there a > vendor(s) who is known > for either a) good technical support for OpenBSD or b) > support for the > development of OpenBSD (or both)? A company I can feel good > about dealing > with? > > -- > Jeff Simmons > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Simmons Consulting - Network Engineering, Administration, Security > > "By these actions SRL became the first to operate intentionally lethal > machinery over the net with standard browser software." > -- Survival Research Laboratories
