[TriLUG] Purchasing a Linux cluster

[Elliot Peele]

I've never really had this problem with any servers from Dell. You have
to make sure that you are talking to the linux tech support and not the
windows tech support though.

With my laptop on the other hand, which was bought with windows because
I had to. I have had Dell techs cringe, but its mostly because they just
don't know much of anything about linux. The secret to this is if you
can avoid it just don't tell them your running linux.

Elliot

On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 07:20, Janyne Kizer wrote:
> That's a really good point.  We are rolling out Dell servers with Linux
> on them and when we have had to call them regarding hardware problems
> they are pretty thrown when we say that we are using Linux.  The really
> seem to want to support Microsoft products only.  If you are going with
> their Gold support, it should be fine but then you'd probably end up
> paying more than you would from another vendor.
> 
> Chris Hedemark wrote:
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> > On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 05:33 PM, John Franklin wrote:
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> > > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 05:32:11PM -0500, Dave Schwartzburg wrote:
> > >> You might want to take a look at IBM's BladeCenter server.  It is
> > >> scalable up to 14 blades in one chassis, and you can start out with
> > >> however many blades you'd like.
> > >
> > > Dell has some blade servers out, too.  You can expect anybody with an
> > > interest in enterprise computing to come out with one in the next few
> > > months.
> > 
> > I would be concerned about Dell's commitment to Linux, while on the
> > flip side I have no doubts as to the commitment IBM has for Linux.
> > 
> > Chris Hedemark .. Hillsborough, NC .. http://yonderway.com
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