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To: Shaun Thomas <sthomas@optionshouse.com>
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On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 03:50:33PM -0500, Shaun Thomas wrote:
> On 09/27/2012 03:44 PM, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> 
> >This 100x this.  We used to buy our boxes from aberdeeninc.com and got
> >a 5 year replacement parts warranty included.  We spent ~$10k on a
> >server that was right around $18k from dell for the same numbers and a
> >3 year warranty.
> 
> Whatever you do, go for the Intel ethernet adaptor option. We've had
> so many headaches with integrated broadcom NICs. :(
> 
+++1 Sigh.

Ken