Hey all, I'm in the market for 3x 1U or a quad 2U blade server(s), in the Sandy/Ivy Bridge era with DDR3. So HP G8's, Supermicro X9's, Cisco M3's, etc. I'd prefer one of those 3 brands over Dell/others, just because I know them, but really any manufacturer with sensible modern IPMI would work for me [C6100: never again].
I'm local to Southern Ontario (Hamilton) and local-ish pickup would be ideal to avoid shipping costs, but wouldn't pass up a good (shipped) deal. Total budget is about $1000-1200 CAD (~$750-900 USD), but am a bit flexible depending on what's around. I'd prefer to buy all 3 at the same time, but if a particular model has a couple people selling I'm willing to buy separately - my goal is 3 identical machines (or the single 2U quad).
Thanks for looking!
I'm local to Southern Ontario (Hamilton) and local-ish pickup would be ideal to avoid shipping costs, but wouldn't pass up a good (shipped) deal. Total budget is about $1000-1200 CAD (~$750-900 USD), but am a bit flexible depending on what's around. I'd prefer to buy all 3 at the same time, but if a particular model has a couple people selling I'm willing to buy separately - my goal is 3 identical machines (or the single 2U quad).
Thanks for looking!