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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