AbbaComm.Net spake the following on 5/24/2007 2:50 PM: > Thanks for all the feedback > > So the bottom line is that the HP rackmount servers are rock solid in G1 > through G5... > > Just a coupla issues here and there? > > I have been following the eBay G1 - G5 market for some time and have been > trying to make heads or tails out of it... meaning, are people shedding > flawed servers or junk, or.... is there truly just a large secondary market > there. > > We use G1 and G2 boxen on some lower to mid traffic functions and they are > rock solid awesome. > > We are just trying to figure out how many mortgages to take out on the home > to get a couple of identical G5 units... > > ;-) > > Sooooo what else do we need to know before we jump into the newer boxen? > Ebay gets flooded with everything -- good and bad. They could be anything from closeouts, grey market stuff, reconditioned, or just people that need the new and fast because of a new Windows server upgrade. I think if the server is on HP's linux support list for RHEL, then the current CentOS will work also. Just a few tricks in loading the HP tools on unsupported distros. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!