[Tfug] tfug Digest, Vol 69, Issue 35

[Jon]

Paul Steinbach wrote:
> When we buy new we tend to get low-end Dell and put CentOS on them.  
> We have used a 1400SC for last seven or so years (upgrading twice) 
> with almost no down time.  We had an issue with RAID in an 1800 using 
> an earlier CentOS but everything works fine for us the last five years 
> or so.
>
> On the used side we like the HP rack mounts DL and ML series.  Also 
> CentOS everything recognized.
>
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>> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:45:35 -0700
>> From: Jon <bigj at voipmogul.com>
>> Subject: [Tfug] Linux Friendly PCs (HP, Dell, etc)?
>> To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
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>> It's been a long time since I've bought a server class PC intending 
>> to run Linux on it. I'm a "build it, install it" guy so hardware 
>> compatibility has been easy to over come. Does anyone recommend a 
>> server class PC (tower) from HP, Dell, etc that works out of the box 
>> with distros like Ubuntu Server?
>>
>> I've looked at the HP PRoliant ML350 G5 but the RAID card has 
>> reported performance issues that have not been resolved yet.
>>
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>
>
Thanks for everyone's input. I'll look at these models.

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Jon
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