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> 4/- I'm in the UK and want to buy 1U rack machines from a supplier
> who builds machines for running linux. Our current machines are
> dell, but their linux support is so red hat centric that it is
> not much use to me. Anyone got recommendations for good hardware
> suppliers? Google isn't helping much!
Dells should work fine for Debian, etc. Just stay away from their PERC raid
controllers. If you want REALLY dense machines, you can try Rackable
Systems. You can fit 80 machines in a 42U rack and have proper heat
dispersal. Yahoo, Google, and a bunch of big companies are using them.
http://www.rackable.com/products/compute.htm
We've got a few of their machines here @ SideStep. They are slower than
equivalent Dells 1750s but about $400/each cheaper. The rackable opterons
are pretty fast even with an i686 kernel & binaries..
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