Woohoo! incoming new gear.

[Keiichi]

I finally got the go ahead from the execs to get some new hardware, and if anyone remembers, the rack I'm going with is a Dell 4210 with the dell kvm rack console.Basically we are adding a few new PE1950s and PE2950 for some added virtual machines and backup.

Also upgrading our old sonicwall (tz170) to a new one (NSA2400) for about $2100 with three years of comprehensive support/updates/subscription blah blah.

 

[p3n]

I dont mean to be antagonistic but why do people 'waste' money on those KVMs when they are virtualising stuff anyway? :> (A normal kvm would do for access to the physical server?)

 

[Berg0]

KVM is cheaper than buying DRAC's I guess?

We don't bother with KVM at work, we just have a "crash cart" (KMM on wheels)

 

[Keiichi]

All my Dell servers have DRACs on them. That being said, not all the servers are virtual hosts, and it's alot easier just to pull out a kvm and go rather than getting another workstation hooked up.

 

[Vito_Corleone]

No Cisco? Sonicwall makes baby jesus cry.

 

[Keiichi]

Nope, not for this year, had a smaller budget to deal with, maybe next year when we move into another building.

 

[marley1]

skip that sonicwall, 2100 you should be able to get something nicer no?

 

[Keiichi]

Not really, that price is all inclusive of support/subscriptions for three years. It would really be a tough to find anything that compares to that. Aside from that sonicwall faux paux a few weeks ago, I haven't had any issue with them. Right now we're a single site with a few mobile VPN users and we already have licenses for that, I didn't feel like dumping all that just yet.

 

[Vito_Corleone]

Nope, not for this year, had a smaller budget to deal with, maybe next year when we move into another building.

How many users? You could definitely get a 5505 and maybe even a 5510 for that much.

 

[Protoform-X]

The NSA 2400 is a nice unit. We're using one in our COLO and I love it.

 

[Keiichi]

How many users? You could definitely get a 5505 and maybe even a 5510 for that much.

About 100ish with 10 mobile VPN users.

 

[Vito_Corleone]

Aaah, probably too much for a 5505 and the 5510 might have been a tad over what you wanted to spend.

 

[Private Citizen]

Hey would love to see some pics of the nice shiny hardware when it comes in if you can?

Right now I'm waiting on two new PE2950s myself. Fun stuff.

 

[Keiichi]

Go figure literally a day after I pull the trigger for the stuff Dell announces the availability of the next gen servers. RAWR!

 

[LittleMe]

Go figure literally a day after I pull the trigger for the stuff Dell announces the availability of the next gen servers. RAWR!

Cancel?

 

[Keiichi]

Gonna talk to my account exec and see, I took a peek at their 11G servers, I'll have to see how much a comparable system costs. it may come down to pricing. Although they are running a "Buy 2 get 1 Poweredge for free" deal (previous gen ones.)