[Gllug] decent/quick server supplier

Dick Turpin peter at cannon-linux.co.uk
Wed Oct 10 11:28:17 UTC 2007


Aaron Trevena wrote:
> Hi gllugers,
> 
> I've just started a new contract at a company in london, and we need a
> testing server in the office that roughly matches the spec of the
> production servers and I'm hoping we can get it in the office and
> running in days rather than weeks.

I can potentially supply you on a next day basis dependent on what you 
want, if its a badged model there might be a lead time, will need to check.

The fact we are based in Staffordshire West Midlands is irrelevant we 
have loads of customers down south so distance is not a factor.

> Looking for somebody who can supply something like a dual high end
> intel cpu, with 3 or 4 gb RAM, 2 or 4 x 60 GB SAS HDD, decent mobo,
> etc - likely to be sitting on the floor rather than in a rack.
> 
> Any suggestions where we could get such a beast without wasting weeks
> faffing with purchase orders and salespeople at the big names like
> dell, hp, or IBM? Although if Dell, etc can actually turn around a
> decent box in days rather than weeks that would be dandy.

I/We will require Credit Card payment or cleared funds up front prior to 
order and so would any other sensible business on a first order.

Unfortunately I am a Sales Manager so maybe that will put you off?

> I checked my gmail archives back to 2005 and couldn't find any
> recomendations of suppliers, so my apologies if I've missed somebody
> answering this already.

Contact me off list if you want to take it any further 
peter at cannon-linux.co.uk

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Dick Turpin
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