Greetings all.
New job, has two Dell Poweredge servers.
We need to add in a web server, will be running Windows Server 2008. (no, linux is not an option at this time, sorry. I checked.)
I have a quote on an HP server, and management wants a quote on an IBM server (because they know that name, and associate HP with home).
[b]The two servers I am looking at are:[/b]
HP ProLiant ML110 G5 Server
IBM System x3200 M2 Express Server
Both use the same xeon CPU, (Xeon E3110 Dual-core 3GHz)
same amount of RAM (2gig)
Both will have two hard drives, for mirroring.
The IBM comes with SAS drives, where the HP gave me the option for SAS or SATA.
The TWO questions I have,
1) what resources have you found to allow me to compare these two servers?
2) for a web server, are the SAS drives worth getting, or overkill?
Everything I have found so far has IBM and HP trading places on who is rated higher, depending on the category, with neither coming out a real winner. The main difference I see, the IBM will probably cost a $200/$400 more.
Thanks for any input on this.
jd