On May 17, 2011, at 12:49 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? If all you ned are plain old servers, check Aberdeen. They repackage SuperMicro and have great support. - aurf