A good server (Dell PowerEdge 2450 Server)

Member Name: andycharger

Product:	Dell PowerEdge 2450 Server
Date:	03/04/02 (1320 review reads)
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Advantages: Powerful and custom made

Disadvantages: Expensive

Dell make some great servers. In fact, when I perform install for one of my companies, it is the one I reccomend that they use. Out of all of these, the Poweredge range is simply superior to anything else out there.

What it has is Dell's unique ability to customise your machine before you buy. If you know what you want and most of us do, you can spec your machine to them and they will build it to your requirements.
Alternatively they will offer you a base model that they reccomend.

They come in a Black Tower format so that it is easily stowed under or on a desk. If you have racks for your servers, you can ask for a rack mountable casing instead.

Inside the server you will find lots of powerful technology.
Although shipped with one, you have the ability to mount an extra Pentium 3 chip to aid the existing chip if the load is expected to be heavy or to cover in the event of failure. There is also 2 fans to keep it extra cool.
The front of the server is even covered in a grille type layout to aid cooling. Getting too hot is one of the major problems with overworked servers and leads to it breaking down.

Storage is catered for by the ability to have up to 6 Drives installed. this can give you up to 564Gb of internal storage for data.
The 128Mb of RAM is far too small but you can install extra RAM at a later date or ask for more on purchase.
In fact, you can install up to 6Gb of ram!
it relies on RAID controllers to channel everything which is good too.

you will have great support from Dell with their standard 1 Year all cover policy. For an extra charge this can be increased to 3 years. Do this because their service is second to none for problems.

Suited best for small to medium business solutions where desktop management is its standard task. In fact, it is best running the small business package supplied by Microsoft. This includes versions of Exchange for email and SQL Serv
er for Database handling.
It is truly a powerful machine when combined with this package and is unmatched in its capability and performance.
This is my choice for a server for the small business. If you do Consider this, mail me for some details.

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