Hello all!
I was wondering if you can help me a little bit... My boss wants me to do some research in finding which hardware is most used under Linux(ex. Dell servers, Barebones Kits, HP & Compaq servers, etc.) This is just for budgeting issues...he wants to get rid of some old and obsolete hardware we run and wants to know which hardware could be easy to deploy on the server side and workstations side(common user boxes will be decided for HP or Dell leasing quotes - Obviously M$ Windows Vista). So if you could just state your hardware I'll be very greatful.
We run several servers based on RHEL, Debian(Couple Ubuntus), CentOS, running services such as Sendmail, Apache, JBoss, Postgres, Oracle, Samba and DNS. We have around 5000 users logging on these servers. Workstations are basically used for CAD, monitoring, developing in Java, PHP, Oracle, etc.
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Hola a todos!
Me preguntaba si me pueden ayudar un poco... Mi jefe quiere que haga un poco de investigacion para ver que hardware es el que mas se usa corriendo Linux(ej. servidores Dell, servidores HP & Compaq, equipos armados, etc.) Esto es por el presupuesto que tendremos ademas se quiere deshacer del equipo viejo y obsoleto que tenemos, quiere saber que tipo de hardware es el que facil de desplegar/utilizar en el lado de los servidores y de las estaciones de trabajo(los equipos de los usuarios comunes[los mortales] serian decidos por los leasing que Dell o HP nos cotize, obviamente con M$ Windows Vista) Asi que si pueden describir su hardware se los agradecere.
Corremos varios servidores basados en RHEL, Debian(un par de Ubuntus), CentOS usando servicios como Sendmail, Apache, JBoss, Postgres, Oracle, Samba y DNS. Tenemos mas o menos 5000 usuarios loggeandose en estos servidores. Las estaciones de trabajo son basicamente usadas con software CAD, monitoreo, desarrollando en Java, PHP, Oracle, etc.
Thank you/Gracias.
Victor Padro
Victor Padro wrote:
Hello all!
I was wondering if you can help me a little bit... My boss wants me to do some research in finding which hardware is most used under Linux(ex. Dell servers, Barebones Kits, HP & Compaq servers, etc.) This is just for budgeting issues...he wants to get rid of some old and obsolete hardware we run and wants to know which hardware could be easy to deploy on the server side and workstations side(common user boxes will be decided for HP or Dell leasing quotes - Obviously M$ Windows Vista). So if you could just state your hardware I'll be very greatful.
We run several servers based on RHEL, Debian(Couple Ubuntus), CentOS, running services such as Sendmail, Apache, JBoss, Postgres, Oracle, Samba and DNS. We have around 5000 users logging on these servers. Workstations are basically used for CAD, monitoring, developing in Java, PHP, Oracle, etc.
I suppose the easiest route if your into Dell/HP is just go to them and ask for Linux solutions. Dell I think claims to be the #1 hardware vendor for linux. They offer servers with either no OS or linux pre installed. HP offers both servers and workstations with no OS or linux pre installed. (not sure about desktops/laptops/etc).
I've used linux on a wide variety of HP systems ranging from DL360 G1 up to G5 and 380s and 580s of various generations. My current company is mostly Dells and we have several different models running linux no problem. Also tons of systems based on supermicro motherboards.
Pretty much every server platform runs linux, I can't really think of any that don't(that are at least x86,x86-64 or Itanium).
10 years ago this was more of an issue, today it's not.
nate
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 8:49 AM, nate centos@linuxpowered.net wrote:
I suppose the easiest route if your into Dell/HP is just go to them and ask for Linux solutions. Dell I think claims to be the #1 hardware vendor for linux. They offer servers with either no OS or linux pre installed. HP offers both servers and workstations with no OS or linux pre installed. (not sure about desktops/laptops/etc).
And of course the same goes for IBM. They have been supported Linux for years and every server shipped by IBM has Linux support (well, support for RHEL and SLES that is). I've never had any real issues with their Linux support (all issues encountered they fixed :) ). They go even as far that for servers Linux is on the same level as Windows, meaning that Linux is supported at the release of new hardware (not a couple of months later).
Regards, Tim
On 6/10/08, Tim Verhoeven tim.verhoeven.be@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 8:49 AM, nate centos@linuxpowered.net wrote:
I suppose the easiest route if your into Dell/HP is just go to them and ask for Linux solutions. Dell I think claims to be the #1 hardware vendor for linux. They offer servers with either no OS or linux pre installed. HP offers both servers and workstations with no OS or linux pre installed. (not sure about desktops/laptops/etc).
And of course the same goes for IBM. They have been supported Linux for years and every server shipped by IBM has Linux support (well, support for RHEL and SLES that is). I've never had any real issues with their Linux support (all issues encountered they fixed :) ). They go even as far that for servers Linux is on the same level as Windows, meaning that Linux is supported at the release of new hardware (not a couple of months later).
Dell has also some nice yum repos set up for both openmanage and also firmware updates
http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository
mike
My boss wants me to do some research in finding which hardware is most used under Linux(ex. Dell servers, Barebones Kits, HP & Compaq servers, etc.)
I'm quite partial to Dell cuz they've always worked quite well as far as raid drivers and so are concerned. Also, their service guys seem quite competent - at least where we live.
BR Bent
Victor Padro wrote:
Hello all!
I was wondering if you can help me a little bit... My boss wants me to do some research in finding which hardware is most used under Linux(ex. Dell servers, Barebones Kits, HP & Compaq servers, etc.) This is just for budgeting issues...he wants to get rid of some old and obsolete hardware we run and wants to know which hardware could be easy to deploy on the server side and workstations side(common user boxes will be decided for HP or Dell leasing quotes - Obviously M$ Windows Vista).
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If you want to be sure, use this list:
That will tell you things that are certified for RHEL.
Should have no problems with anything on there.
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Victor Padro