Advantages and disadvantages of Dell Optiplex as a cheap server for SMB.

February 5, 2017 by Munkhtuvshin Baatar
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pros:
1. considerably cheaper, more affordable
2. small size
3. later can be re-used as usual workstation

cons:
1. not so reliable as a real server
2. weak redundancy
3. not supported by vmware and so on
4. no real RAID, only fake intel matrix raid.
5. not so high quality of internal parts and so on
6. if to compare with Dell PowerEdges – no lifecycle controller, idrac and so on (poor remote management)

But what justifies such compromise approach:
1. i7 cpu is not so good as recent Xeon, but very close by performance (good enough for

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Compromise – decisions for SMB. Value for money of such decisions.

November 11, 2016 by Munkhtuvshin Baatar
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It’s common that many innovative IT technologies are not affordable for majority of Mongolian SMB companies or small branches due to the fact of high price for IT equipment (even in case of almost zero price for illegally used software). Companies who provide VMS/video management solutions (video servers), companies like Interactive, Navision and other vendors are forced to use Desktop computers as a server for implementations of own products at customer site of small companies who cannot afford to invest too much into hardware immediately. How justified such decisions? Surely all of service providers try at first to suggest professional … Read the rest