SuperMicro Servers

[Andrew Miehs <andrew@2sheds.de>]

Dear List,

I was just wondering whether many of you are using SuperMicro servers.

Up until now I have been extremely happy with them, but of late we  
are getting to many failures...

The servers we are using are
	SM 6014P-82R s.

Initially we had a bad batch (about 10 from 20) with faulty voltage  
regulators.

Now we have the first one with a seemingly dead onboard scsi  
controller. (Still being examined)
4 weeks ago we had another Supermicro machine (one of two) with a DOA  
onbaord scsi controller.


Does anyone else have similar stories?

Can anyone suggest alternatives that work with Debian Sarge? Remote  
management is a necessary extra.

I am currently looking at products from Fujitsu Siemens and IBM....


Thanks for any advice,

Regards

Andrew