Dell make some great servers. In fact, when I perform install for one of my companies, it is the one I reccomend that they use. Out of all of these, the Poweredge range is simply superior to anything else out there.
What it has is Dell's unique ability to customise your machine before you ... Read review
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Dell make some great servers. In fact, when I perform install for one of my companies, it is the one I reccomend that they use. Out of all of these, the Poweredge range is simply superior to anything else out there.
What it has is Dell's unique ability to customise your machine before you buy. If you know what you want and most of us do, you can spec your machine to them and they will build it to your requirements.
Alternatively ... ...will have great support from Dell with their standard 1 Year all cover policy. For an extra charge this can be increased to 3 years. Do this because their service is second to none for problems.
Suited best for small to medium business solutions where desktop management is its standard task.
Expensive yes, but worth its weight in reliability and performance. ... more
Dell make some great servers. In fact, when I perform install for one of my companies, it is the one I reccomend that they use. Out of all of these, the Poweredge range is simply superior to anything else out there.
What it has is Dell's unique ability to customise your machine before you buy. If you know what you want and most of us do, you can spec your machine to them and they will build it to your requirements. Alternatively they will offer you a base model that they reccomend.
They come in a Black Tower format so that it is easily stowed under or on a desk. If you have racks for your servers, you can ask for a rack mountable casing instead.
Inside the server you will find lots of powerful technology. Although shipped with one, you have the ability to mount an extra Pentium 3 chip to aid the existing chip if the load is expected to be heavy or to cover in the event of failure. There is also 2 fans to keep it extra cool. The front of the server is even covered in a grille type layout to aid cooling. Getting too hot is one of the major problems with overworked servers and leads to it breaking down.
Storage is catered for by the ability to have up to 6 Drives installed. this can give you up to 564Gb of internal storage for data. The 128Mb of RAM is far too small but you can install extra RAM at a later date or ask for more on purchase. In fact, you can install up to 6Gb of ram! it relies on RAID controllers to channel everything which is good too.
you will have great support from Dell with their standard 1 Year all cover policy. For an extra charge this can be increased to 3 years. Do this because their service is second to none for problems.
Suited best for small to medium business solutions where desktop management is its standard task.
Expensive yes, but worth its weight in reliability and performance.
Advantages: Pro: Slinky, power-packed server for cramped datacentres. Disadvantages: Con: No 64-bit PCI slots, not enough PCI expansion slots.
...Edition (NNM SE) and the Dell Hardware Instrumentation Package (HIP) software package. It boasts enhanced security features, including a user
password and a supervisor password, which are available through Dell’s system set-up program and asset management features that allow users to inventory server configurations, CPU, memory and disks.
Also in the line up is system board support for the Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant when the optional Dell ... ...provides additional local and remote server management.
On the software side this machine came with Windows NT4 Server plus service pack 6a. The resource configuration utility allows users to configure the system through software rather than on the hardware. Also included are video and SCSI device drivers. Windows 2000 and Novell software can also be provided although there is no option for Linux at present.
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rene.millman 13.07.2000
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