On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:49 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > We need to replace several servers, quickly - four of our Dell PE 1950's > died in one week. (!!!) So, we're looking around, and I was checking out > IBM. I customized to what we want, and hit 'continue', and suddenly > there's another $800 for a "system common planar" that's "required". > Googling only finds specs with it - does anyone know what it is? I mean, > it's not like it's the motherboard, right? > > mark > > _______________________________________________ If you're not too brand-aware then I would highly recommend SuperMicro. We also switched over to SuperMicro a few years ago after having just too many problems with Dell, to keep clients happy. I've never looked back since. They're hardware is top quality and and to confusing in terms of the terminology they use. It's so easy that even our junior techs could build them :) And their chassis are not flimsy, or "over-crowded" as many other brands sometimes are. -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532