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#249178 29-Apr-2019 15:46

I'm after general thoughts & recommendations on alternatives to HP ML350 server's

Im getting the run around trying to spec out an HP . So looking at other brands .

Ive only sold HP servers till now , I have no experience with the other Brands .

ie Dell, Lenovo, Supermicro etc

Just general thoughts good/bad . ( Support, parts availability, reliability etc )

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#2227472 29-Apr-2019 16:05

I have tried most of them over the years, HP is the gold standard in my opinion and unless clients have a very specific non-negotiable requirement, we don't offer anything else. If I was picking a second choice it would be Lenovo/IBM.

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#2227493 29-Apr-2019 16:35

networkn:

I have tried most of them over the years, HP is the gold standard in my opinion and unless clients have a very specific non-negotiable requirement, we don't offer anything else. If I was picking a second choice it would be Lenovo/IBM.

Lenovo support can be a hit and miss, especially with the tower servers which are not sold that often these days.

I would go with the Dell ones instead of HP

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#2227681 29-Apr-2019 23:49

engedib:

networkn:

I have tried most of them over the years, HP is the gold standard in my opinion and unless clients have a very specific non-negotiable requirement, we don't offer anything else. If I was picking a second choice it would be Lenovo/IBM.

Lenovo support can be a hit and miss, especially with the tower servers which are not sold that often these days.

I would go with the Dell ones instead of HP

Very much disagree.. I'm with Networkn, HP is the gold standard, followed by Lenovo.

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#2227759 30-Apr-2019 09:40

I have a strong dislike for anything Dell, though I will grugingly admit their very high end servers are reasonable. Having said that, Dell service and support sucks almost every single time I've used it, and I don't like the way they do business, so I'll do whatever I can to avoid them.

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#2227762 30-Apr-2019 09:44

Everyone has their favourite server vendor. Ours is HPE as well.

We supported a client who stuck with Dell servers for years as he had an existing agreement with Dell Financial Services on a three year lease cycle. Three servers in 9 years all had hardware failures (not including the occasional hard drive failure) before he admitted defeat and let me supply an HPE server for the next refresh cycle.

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#2227766 30-Apr-2019 09:49

Heh, one of my clients had a wife who worked for Dell. Supplied them the Enterprise workstations GX9xx with premium support. We used that Support a LOT. 40 machines and over 5 years, 48 failures of hardware.

To Dell's credit, they were almost always fixed promptly and the first time.

End the end they had 4 HP SFF machines sitting in the corner "spare" that never once failed.

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#2227915 30-Apr-2019 12:21

Id love to stay with HPE

But after 4 attempts to get a quote or even answers on my spec'ed config for a ML series .....

Dell came back with a quote the next day.

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#2227927 30-Apr-2019 12:26

1101: Id love to stay with HPE But after 4 attempts to get a quote or even answers on my spec'ed config for a ML series ..... Dell came back with a quote the next day.

that's a bit odd, the NZ HPE disty's are usually pretty good - although Easter and Anzac day may have caused an issue

Are you after something a bit unusual?

regards,

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#2227936 30-Apr-2019 12:34

1101: Id love to stay with HPE But after 4 attempts to get a quote or even answers on my spec'ed config for a ML series .....

Can I ask who you are getting to quote? PM me of its confidential.

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#2228000 30-Apr-2019 15:05

Dynamic:

1101: Id love to stay with HPE But after 4 attempts to get a quote or even answers on my spec'ed config for a ML series .....

Can I ask who you are getting to quote? PM me of its confidential.

Ditto and I can shake a stick at disties.

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