[techtalk] advice and opinions wanted on Linux servers

Carla Schroder carla at bratgrrl.com
Thu Aug 2 22:08:30 EST 2001


D'oh! Never mind about the local vendors, unless you live in Portland Oregon. 
Got Techtalk mixed up with PLUG.


On Thursday 02 August 2001 08:57 pm, Carla Schroder wrote:
> But I doubt there are many of those here.....   :)
>
> Please have a look at the 6400 and 7400 servers on Gateway's Web site,
> http://www.gateway.com/work/products/sb_srv_catalog.shtml
> and tell me if you think RedHat 7.1 will run on them without major
> tweaking. I've looked at Red Hat's hardware compatibility list, there may
> be issues with some of the Adaptec cards. I'm evaluating servers from
> various national vendors, I'm looking for machines I can drop RH 7.1 on for
> file & print serving, user authentication, RAID 1, and data storage. Basic
> small business stuff.
>
> I would very much appreciate some extra eyeballs looking at this, I want
> input from outside of Gateway, for obvious reasons.
>
> I wouldn't mind some suggestions for a top-notch local shop. A national
> brand = more customer peace of mind, but there's some advantages to using
> local vendors.
>
> Thanks much!

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