Rack Mount Servers

Derek D. Martin ddm+gnhlug at pizzashack.org
Mon Aug 12 11:57:05 EDT 2002


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At some point hitherto, bscott at ntisys.com hath spake thusly:
>   My beef with Compaq has always been that they are the king of gratuitous
> incompatibility.  If it says "Compaq" on it, everything from the motherboard
> to the screws holding the case together will be completely unlike anything
> else seen on this Earth.

Good point.  What's with Torx anyway?  What's wrong with the
three-thumbscrew design that a lot of vendors are using these days?
Hmm... wouldn't want it to be too easy to service the hardware, I
guess...

>   It tends to be overpriced, too, but they are hardly unique in that.  :)

True enough.  Though as you point out, the Proliants are really solid
and very well engineered.  I'm usually willing to spend (my company's)
money on that...

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