What are the best quality servers you can get, i personally dont know anything about them........RAQ's Sun Cobalts, Sun Solarris, Compaq's, or others ??

We've been mostly using Dells which are solid, reliable and fast (although quite expensive). We also use another supplier called Fairchild (http://*********), which are much cheaper than Dell but great quality - i don't have any affiliation with them just buy servers from them. They custom build them to your exact spec. Quite a few hosts are starting to use them.

Can't stand Raqs - Personal opinion as they have let me down big time in the past.

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I'm not a big fan of RAQs as well. I'll look into Fairchild.

I dont like RAQ's

We buy the parts and build them ourselves that way you know the hardware is reliable and we configure the software from scratch.

Its slightly more expensive but at the end of the day its worth it as it keeps the customer happy (v.little downtime) which will keep them happy, and recommend you to friends and family

Yeh - we configure the software from scratch every time too - i don't think i have come across a single supplier that can install an OS as it should be installed for web hosting - they always seem to get something fundamental wrong.

There are different categories of servers.

For general hosting, we have found Supermicro's to be good.

However, people like Sun make some very high end servers ($3 million+) which target a different market...

I would recommend companies that custom build there own servers over companies who purchase pre-built servers. Usually servers are built custom for more stability & power while other companies custom build there own servers to significantly lower there overhead costs.

ColoMachine is selling various 1U servers at below wholesale pricing. (bulk pricing). You might want to check them out. The qualities of their 1U boxes are un-matched. I haven't been able to seen any vendor match their product quality and price yet.

The only complain I have on them is they are often out-of-stock on their 1U boxes.

Tika5

I have always been a fan of Dell's rack servers (along with a high level support contract). Investing in good hardware is just another piece of the puzzle that let's you sleep at night.

07-20-2002, that's when the guy first posted this message. I'm sure he's found his hardware by now.

Felix, is there a reason you are offering "Super WHT Specials!" in your sig at our forum?

Good catch there, Blue.

We custom build our servers from scratch now. Obtaining the parts and making sure everything is working properly by our Techs makes us more at ease than building something pre-built not knowing what checks they made to ensure the system is working properly.

Yes blue, there was a reason.

Because it was my generic sig. that I had just coppied and pasted here when I joined up.