[LUNI] buy server

[Constantin Gavrilescu]

I'm building a Linux file server for a small business. It's going to be 
their first server.

Dell Small business has a very good deal on their website:
PowerEdge SC440 - $449
http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/featured_server?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd
It's going to have 2 hard drives for (sofware) raid and 2 gig of ram so 
I upped the price to $779. Still a good price. But the estimated 
shipping date is 2/21/07. That's way too late. And I'm having some 
doubts about their Broadcom Gigabit ethernet support in the linux kernel.

I checked with TigerDirect and they do have some servers, but they seem 
low quality to me. Biostar and epox motherboards for servers? Biostar is 
basically the cheapest motherboard on the market. The only good servers 
there seem to be the HP Proliant. What do you guys use?

There is a VisionMan server that has a very good price. How do these 
servers work with Linux? Do you have any experience with them?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2606265&Sku=V133-8212

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