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Which should I get? (Dedicated)
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Which should I get? (Dedicated)

My options are:
HP DL 160 L5520 w/ 36GB RAM, 1TB HDD
or
Dell 2xL5520 w/ 36GB RAM, 1TB HDD
or
HP Proliant 2XL5420 w/ 16GB RAM, 2TB HDD

Comments

  • wychwych Member
    edited April 2014

    What is your intended usage for the server? Is there much difference in pricing?

    HP DL or Dell at a guess...

  • VPNVPN Member

    I would say the Dell. However it depends on the price difference and what you plan to use it for.

  • HP master race.

  • Dell > HP (old is gold)

  • It depends on the Dell unit - if its one of these Ebay 'specials' ie old DCS stuff avoid it like the plague. IPMI is completely broken and Tyan (the original motherboard manufacturer) discontinued them about 5-6 years ago, it also has an open NTP port which can be used for NTP reflection/amplification attacks. How do I know this? We just bought a hosting company in NC who is 100% Dell and we discovered about half their network traffic is traffic being reflected off their Dell IPMI's NTP port. The regular Dell kit is usable, but make sure you have a full DRAC otherwise you wont have a KVM/power cycling.

    Delimiter sells HP Blade and DL pizza boxes, similar boxes would cost you around $49-$69/month with GE port. Let me know if you need some pricing.

  • @thatguyagain said:
    My options are:
    HP DL 160 L5520 w/ 36GB RAM, 1TB HDD
    or
    Dell 2xL5520 w/ 36GB RAM, 1TB HDD
    or
    HP Proliant 2XL5420 w/ 16GB RAM, 2TB HDD

    I assume from the specs you are listing these are from Dacentec. The pricing differences make the "HP Proliant 2XL5420 w/ 16GB RAM, 2TB HDD" option the most attractive as otherwise your paying hundreds of dollars over the RTO term for the extra RAM.

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