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From: Alan Hodgson <ahodgson@simkin.ca>
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On Thursday, September 27, 2012 02:13:01 PM David Boreham wrote:
> The equivalent Supermicro box looks to be somewhat less expensive :
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101693
> 
> When you consider downtime and the cost to ship equipment back to the
> supplier, a warranty doesn't have much value to me but it may be useful
> in your situation.

And you can probably buy 2 Supermicros for the cost of the Dell. 100% spares.