Advantages: Very easy to set up and maintain Disadvantages: Can't see any
PowerEdge is main line of Dell servers. 2950 is most universal base server from that line. If you are not sure what spec should your server have, just order it with one dual core CPU (1333MHz bus, not 1066; makes big difference), RAID5, three HDDs and 2GB of RAM (in two sticks preferably), two power supplies (it's server, reliability is it's second name).
You may find, that it's actually all you need. If not, thanks to superb case and internal build you can easilly upgrade its spec. It has two CPU slots, eight DDR2 banks, can take up to six SATAII or 8 SAS drives. It can also take any two PCI or PCI Express cards (depends which standard riser you ordered).
It come with minimum 3 years next business day onsite response warranty but it can be upgraded (althow it cost a lot more). From personal experience I have to say that Dell server ...
Advantages: process well and durable. Disadvantages: Have small features.
The dell sever is built with flexibility and durability. And the most of all is that you can choose from tower or 5 u rack options with SATA and SAS hard drive. The dell sever comes in a black shiny colour with some few nice features that makes the sever well in processing. The sever has SATA hard drive type and this is a model of its own.
I bought this for one reason and that was for my Internet use and I found out that it was a good buy . Well I don't know on how this will look like in terms of price but in my own case, I will say that It is not that good value for money because it cost me a lot. I made a lot of savings before purchasing it but no need for that now because it has been doing well with my Internet services and has served for quite some time without encountering any problem. So I will recommend this to any body that ...
Advantages: Thin, not too heavy, reliable Disadvantages: Manufacturer support not great
old money) server which comes (or should come) with its own rack kit for putting into a server rack, power supply, server utility CDs and manuals and documentation, which, if you're like me and have been playing with server hardware for many years, you don't even consider reading.
PHYSICAL RACKING
The server is designed to fit into a standard server rack, and comes with two "rack arms" which are screwed onto the sides of the server, fitted into the rack, and then fastened into the rack. It's a fiddly job sometimes if you only have yourself doing the work, but it's essentially quite straightforward.
HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS
The base hardware specifications were as follows:
256MB DDR2 SDRAM Memory (1x256MB 400MHz single rank DIMMs)
One Intel® Xeon? processor at 2.8GHz with 2MB L2 cache
80GB 7,200rpm SATA hard drive ...
