On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:10:22 +0000, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

>> Most server-class hardware also comes with a support contract with fast
>> turnaround.
> 
> Yes, but you can perfectly well get tower servers with that too. So
> comparing that to a rack-mount server would seem to nullify this point.

I've never seen a tower server with hot-pluggable power supplies or hot-
pluggable PCI.  (Doesn't mean they don't exist, but I've yet to see one).

>> Service is like insurance - expensive, and you hope you never need to
>> use it.
> 
> Yep - usually because when you /do/ need it, you find out it isn't very
> good. ;-)

That's also usually true. :)

Jim

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