Looking for some servers->

sharptech

Hello,

Our company is looking to move our virtual machines over to some new "cheap" servers.

Right now they are running on Desktops (PIII/256MB) of RAM.

We want to move them to a server with 512-1G of RAM etc. We will be running Fedora Core 6 or CentOS on them.

Anyone know of some good places to buy cheap servers that are reliable and supported. (We would like rack mounted)
Also if you can recommend some brands/servers that would be great!

Live in the US if that helps.

Thanks!

elover_jm

Cheap+Brand+Rack+servers......

JDMurray

Well, "cheap" implies used, refurbished, or build-it-yourself. The "support" part implies a contract with an IT support outsourcing business in your area, and not necessarily with the same place that you buy the cheap servers from. For business-quality refubs, I recommend Dell's Outlet Store. Take a look at their prices and see if it's within your budget. If you still need to go cheaper, then have a look at places like The Used Computer Mall.

sthomas

Dell has servers starting out at $399 and if you wanted to pay extra you could get extended support on them. Anyway just a thought.

sharptech

Thanks guys - I will check out Dell.

By "cheap" I mean we do not need anything to powerful. These are going to be running virtual machines.

I would say the most we would pay would be $1000 for each server.

blargoe

Instead of getting a bunch of cheap crap, you could spend $5000 and get one single good server to run all of your virtual machines. Just a thought

sharptech

Hey Blarg

Yeah we don't really need to spend $5000 - I mean we are running this stuff on PIII's - we are just looking to do a small upgrade. Thanks for the suggestion!