Which hardware constructors for Debian ? :o(
Hi all,
Which constructor for Debian ... ?
We are a french company and we have some clients interested in our
developments ... We make some developments exclusively on Debian.
One of our major clients needs a big hardware configuration : something like 4
To of hard disk for a web site application, serving about 40 millions pages a
day ... So you can imagine the hardware configuration needed !
We used to work with Dell, or Hewlett-Packard, but with smaller
configurations ... As usual, we called them to get some proposals of such
hardware configurations ...
Here we need both speed and lots of disk space ... Dell told us, that we could
use a fiber solution made by Emc constructor and sold by Dell. OK, why not ?!
Trouble is that Dell does not want us to run it in a Debian environment...
Official reason is : "Impossible to get a support for this kind of products,
if you are using a Debian OS ... this solution is only certified for Red Hat
Advanced Server ! and may be Suse, but we are in a testing process..." So
what can we do ? Dell's answer : "Use Red Hat and nothing else." :o(( Which
means that we have to buy 150 000 euro machine (+/- the same in dollars) and
face all the risks in case of troubles, without any support from Dell ...
For information, last January I went to Paris Linux Expo and talked to Dell's
representant who made it clear : no support for Debian with Dell's
machines ... never !! because Debian, unlike Red Hat or Suse, is not a real
company... so impossible for Dell to have someone to negotiate with to get a
real support and no one to take to court, if things happen to turn badly ...
you see what I mean ... :o(
Then we called Hewlett-Packard (we have about 10 servers from them in
production in a Debian environment) and we have learned recently that
Hewlett-Packard has started to support Debian project (official announce seen
in Decembre 2003) ... So why haven't we thought of them before ... ?? ;o)
So, we called HP-France and the answer was straight-forward : "No,
Hewlett-Packard does not support Debian for the moment ... where have you
seen that ?!! Red Hat, Suse and United Linux are the only supported
distributions !" ... Hugh !?
So what could we do ?
Does anyone is currently using such a configuration in a Debian environment ?
Could anyone help us in finding a good hardware configuration, and/or some
good contacts working for those constructors or any others to get an
agreement for Debian use ? Does the Debian team could help us with
Hewlett-Packard ... if it's true that Hewlett-Packard is supporting Debian ?
Waiting for your reply,
regards,
--
Hervé Piedvache
Elma Ingénierie Informatique
6 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
F-75008 - Paris - France
Pho. 33-144949901
Fax. 33-144949902
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