Server Hardware?

My company decided to partner with IBM, does anyone still buy IBM servers? Years in this industry and everything has been Compaq/HP and Dell, don't think I have even seen an IBM server in real life.

What server hardware do you work with?

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forkvoid

Exclusively Dell. I've never worked in a shop that hasn't been Dell. We had considered switching to HP for a bit, due to our trouble with Dell sales reps, but didn't go for it.

mikedisd2

Of course, I used to build IBM servers only a few years ago for corporate clients.

My current job is the first time I've seen anyone use Dell servers.

tiersten

IBM and HP only. We've got racks of IBM gear like iSeries, pSeries and xSeries servers along with some nSeries storage appliances. The HP gear is all Proliant x86 servers.

darkerosxx

IBM Bladecenters

IBM BladeCenter

JBrown

We used to run on IBM in the past, but we are mostly Dell shop now. Reason for switching being IBMs cost 35-50% more than comparable system from Dell.

undomiel

Almost all Dell in the places I've been in with a bit of HP and a smattering of white boxes.

tiersten

undomiel wrote: »

Almost all Dell in the places I've been in with a bit of HP and a smattering of white boxes.

I know you mean something else when you say "white box" but if you don't want your entire rack to consist of black boxes with a couple blinky lights then don't buy IBM

stupidboy

WOW some mixed responses but obvious that my "IBM is dead" grossly over exaggerates the situation

Anymore for anymore?

tiersten

stupidboy wrote: »

WOW some mixed responses but obvious that my "IBM is dead" grossly over exaggerates the situation

I assume that you're not in the financial world where IBM has a large presence. OS/400 and AIX will require you to be running IBM hardware.

brad-

IBM, HP, and Dell. A few of everything somehow. Mostly HP.

RobertKaucher

I know some admins that work in the data center for Kroger, a very large business local to my area, and they seem to use IBM exclusively.