Going to purchase a web server?

[varul]

We have planned to purchase a server machine.

Which model will be opt for the following configuration details..

Cpu dual core Xeon

speed from 2 ghz to 3ghz

Ram from 2gb onwards

Hard disk 5oo gb sata

hard drive 10 raid

Tower type

Sata hard drive Bays

 

Average access 1000-1500/day

Dns and Web server

 

Can you suggest me the good one ( Dell or Hp) for our requirements

 

 

[The Little Guy]

I have heard much better reviews about Dells over HP, so... I would go with the Dell over an HP. I could be wrong though...

 

http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/tower?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

[phpflavor]

Well What I did was I went to newegg.com and built my self a beast of a server for less then 20% of what it would of costed me from dell or hp

I got this mother board

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131285

and 2 of these cpu's

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117152

and 6 gigs of ram and some hard drives this mother board has so many spots for hard drives its crazy and also pike and and raid. the complete thing done cost me around 1200 usa dollars.

Know for the cpanel I used ispconfig and put ubuntu server text on it and well it is a awsome server. Very very fast. I did try putting windows server on it but i didnt like how much ramit used so I wasted 600 usa dollars the windows server os just sits there. And the worst part is that know one will buy it from me. what a waste of cash lol. So if go with a os I would have to say linux like centos or redhat. I use ubuntu because it is more challenging to get stuff to work on ubuntu because some of there stuff is broken lol.

[Philip]

We've built our own, but we typically use http://rackmountsetc.com/

 

If you went with only Dell/HP - meh.... We also need to know what your budget looks like. We could set you up with an awesome server, and then you tell us its way overpriced. Just a quick look at what I did on dell.com:

 

Qty. Description

 

PowerEdge 2950 III:

1 Quad Core Intel® Xeon® L5410, 2x6MB Cache, 2.33GHz, 1333MHz FSB

 

Additional Processor:

1 Quad Core Intel® Xeon® L5410, 2x6MB Cache, 2.33GHz, 1333MHz FSB

 

Memory:

1 DISCOUNTED UPGRADE! 4GB 667MHz (4x1GB), Dual Ranked DIMMs

 

Operating System:

0 No Operating System

 

Chassis Configuration:

0 No Rack Rails Included

 

Primary Controller:

1 Free! PERC6i SAS RAID Controller, 2x4 Connectors,PCIe, x6 Back

 

Backplane:

1 1x6 Backplane for 3.5-inch Hard Drives

 

Hard Drive Configuration:

1 Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 10, PERC 6/i Integrated

 

Hard Drive:

4 500GB 7.2K RPM Universal SATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive

 

Riser Card:

1 Riser with 3 PCIe Slots

 

Power Supply:

1 Redundant Power Supply with Dual Cords

 

Power Cords:

1 Power Cord, NEMA 5-15P to C14, 15 amp, wall plug, 10 feet / 3 meter

 

Bezel:

1 Rack Bezel

 

Network Adapter:

1 Dual Embedded Broadcom® NetXtreme II 5708 Gigabit Ethernet NIC

 

Optional Feature Upgrades for Integrated NIC Ports:

1 LOM NICs are TOE Ready

 

CD/DVD Drive:

1 DVD-ROM, SATA, Internal

 

Floppy Drive:

0 No Floppy Drive for x6 Backplane

 

Keyboards, Mice, Displays and Related Devices:

0 No Keyboard or Mouse Selected

 

Documentation:

1 Electronic Documentation and OpenManage DVD Kit

 

Hardware Support Services:

1 3Yr BASIC SUPPORT: 5x10 HW-Only, 5x10 NBD Onsite

 

Installation Services:

0 No Installation Assessment

 

Total

$3,499, or lease from $93/month

 

2x quad core 2.33GHz Xeons (same ones I have - which are pretty quick haha), 4GB of RAM, 4x 500GB drives @ RAID 10, so 1TB of space backed mirrored all for $3.5k. It's an okay price, mainly the CPUs & HDD ate up your budget.