[Yr11 Information Technology] OT: servers for VPN

[Mark Kelly]

My philosophy is that with servers, you only go for tier 1 - IBM, HP 
etc.  No lower tiers like Acer, Dell (apologies to them).

Definitely no corner shop or Green Guide specials.

Your mileage or opinion may vary :-)

Andrew Grimshaw wrote:
> HI every1
>  
> pls excuse cross posts
>  
> next year we are implementing a multicampus VPN and are looking to buy 
> some servers to run it
>  
> there are 2 competing schools of thought (pun intended):
>  
> group A want to purchase from a local supplier they have been with for a 
> long time who make custom machines. excellent service history, only the 
> best quality parts
>  
> group B  have been dealing with one of the large suppliers and wish to 
> continue with them - again they have been using this company for years 
> and are very happy with both product and service
>  
> price-wise and spec-wise the servers are almost indentical
>  
> personally, i would be happy to go with either - as a teacher i just 
> want a system that works and i want it up and running for the start of 2008!
>  
> anyway, to assist in reaching a consensus between the 2 groups, i was 
> hoping to get some feedback from others who've already set up a similar 
> network - to find out what hardware they've used - reliability and 
> service are the principal criteria
>  
> thx
> andrew grimshaw
> colac college


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