 | View Full Version : Dell trumps HP with Rackspace deal. greggish 08-26-2002, 08:30 AM http://news.com.com/2100-1001-955203.html?tag=fd_top Just saw this on News.com and thought others here might be interested. Interesting...according to the article RackSpace currently has about 6,000 servers... skylab 08-26-2002, 08:34 AM oh my. i can guarantee a salesperson at HP started voluntarily cleaning out their desk today. "We could not get the attention we wanted from Compaq, whereas Dell was more aggressive...and attentive to our questions," said Morris Miller, managing director and co-founder at Rackspace. The company has a mix of about 6,000 servers from different manufacturers. StarGate 08-26-2002, 08:39 AM Heh, I hope that HP salesperson you are talking about is not working in a high floor of som etall building with glass all around :D tazzy 08-26-2002, 09:46 AM :eek: Dell do make very nice servers.... I don't like using than customer config on there site .... 7U server with Eight Xeon processors , 64GB RAM , 4 x 73GB SCSI :eek: Super fast notepad editing :eek: :D Aussie Bob 08-26-2002, 10:05 AM Originally posted by MN-Carl :eek: Dell do make very nice servers.... I don't like using than customer config on there site .... 7U server with Eight Xeon processors , 64GB RAM , 4 x 73GB SCSI :eek: Super fast notepad editing :eek: :D :eek: :laugh: |