My boss wants to move to from Dell R710's to IBM Purflex/Server/San and I want Cisco

pcgizzmo

We currently use R710 servers for our VMWare hosts. My boss went to some IBM event and is all hyped about their Pureflex systems. (We have an AS400/Iseries) I want to move to a Cisco UCS platform and new SAN but my boss has decided on his own with the help of I'm sure some salesman he wants to pursue this IBM hardware.

My issue is I hate IBM. Everything they touch software wise turns to crap and I've seen so many hardware things fail from them also. OS2, their networking/switch offerings, PC's, Thin Clients, not to mention other things..

My biggest issue is I want to work with servers and SAN's that people actually use in the industry. IBM is a small market unless you run a mid range system or main frame. I need to stay on top of technology other companies use and will keep me current.

Am I wrong? Do you think it matters what hardware we use?

QHalo

You can't really say you don't like flame wars and then put in comments like

Hyped-up-V

and

EMC/IBM/Netapp sales shitheads

Just sayin...

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