[NTLUG:Discuss] Rack-mount server vendors?

[Chris Cox]

brian at pongonova.net wrote:
> 
> Anybody have good/bad experiences with rack-mount server vendors they'd like to
> share?  Either on-line or local (Dallas area) is fine.  Vendor must be willing to
> ship server with no O/S, or some variant of Linux or *BSD.

I just installed on a Dell 1U (not sure of the model off of the top of my
head)...
it has a PIII 933 and a dual channel SCSI 160LVM with 2 Intel NICs on board....
very nice.  I put in a Intel gigabit ethernet, works great with the Intel
drivers.  I liked the fact that even the boot-up and BIOS startup/setup can
be redirected out through the serial port.  Very fast machine too.

(came with RH 7.1 preinstalled... of course I redid that... I really don't
trust anyone's stock install).

Some have expressed to me that Dell HW tends to fail after a while... I cannot
comment on that yet.

Regards,
Chris