HP Rack cable management kit

Advantages: High Density, excellent availabilty
Disadvantages: Default SmartArray5i does not have option to add battery cache

...We have 12 of these machines, all with dual 2.8Ghz Xeons. The thing I like most about them is that almost everything is hot-plug. From the drives, to the fans, power supplies to the pci cards. Opening the top cover leads to an incredibly well laid out system. PCI cards can be installed and de-installed (assuming the OS supports it) while the system is up and running. I'd highly recommend you invest in the redundant fan option kit. If you're installing another processor then you really need to have this. On a downside, the only thing that springs to mind is there is no front USB port available. With floppy discs disapppearing these days, it would have been nice. HP seem to have realised this and on the G4 servers there is now a front USB, and no floppy drive. Managability wise these servers are fantastic. We went from using... Read review

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Advantages: Small and Cheap
Disadvantages: Cabling can be a bit of a nightmare

.... Other areas where the manageability of HP servers shines through is the ability to carry out system firmware upgrades when the operating system is loaded, ideal if you have servers that are not close to you. HP also provide various means of configuring your server with the operating system you can use either the enclosed Smart Start CD or if you have a lot of servers to deploy there is a scripting tool kit, and for the very large enterprise there is the Rapid Deployment Kit based on Altiris Deployment Server, unfortunately this last option does require the purchase of a licence but it is well worth it if you have lots of servers. Bundled with every server is a copy of HP Insight manager which is a web based console that uses SNMP traps from the server it can manage you whole server and desktop estate, it is basic monitoring but for a small... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, small, productive and capabilities
Disadvantages: Lacks intergrated bluetooth and wi-fi

...13.4 x 114 mm 120 g ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the box: -HP iPAQ rz1710 Mobile Media Companion -UK AC adaptor -USB Sync Cable -Stylus -Getting Started Guide -HP iPAQ Pocket PC Companion CD and Documentation kit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The acronyms explained: PDA - Personal Digital Assistant - A small handheld computer SDIO - Secure Digital (also known as SD) - A memory card format SD - Secure digital (same as SDIO) - A memory card format MMC - Multi Media Card - A memory card format but not as fast as SD GB - Gigabyte(s) - A measure of digtal space (1024 megabytes = 1GB) MSN - Microsoft Network IrDA - Infrared Data Association - In this case, an infra red port or link IR - Infra red... Read review

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