HP BladeSystem c3000
Attractively priced Uses the same components and management tools as HP's high-end BladeSystem c7000 Comes with tools to monitor and manage power consumption Handy LCD panel for system diagnostics
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8 Editors' Rating
Fujitsu Siemens Primergy TX120
Small footprint low power consumption low noise hot-swappable hard drives Windows and Linux supported
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7.9 Editors' Rating
Acer Altos R520
Dual- or quad-core Xeon processors Up to 32GB of memory Six hot-swap disks Choice of SATA or SAS interface Optional RAID PCI Express expansion slots
7.7 Editors' Rating
IBM System x3455
Dual-core AMD Opteron processors Upgradeable to future quad-core Opterons when available Up to 64GB of 667MHZ DDR2 memory Integrated remote management
7.7 Editors' Rating
HP ProLiant ML370 G5
Upgradeable to quad-core processors Plenty of scope for expansion Up to 64GB of RAM and 2TB of disk space Integrated lights-out remote management
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8.5 Editors' Rating
Dell PowerEdge 1950
Dual-core (Woodcrest) Xeon processors Upgradable to quad core Good choice of SATA or 2.5in. SAS disks Integrated TCP offload engine
8.5 Editors' Rating
Dell PowerEdge 2850
Dual-core Xeon processors six hot-swap drive bays integrated remote management integrated RAID controller lots of high-availability options
8 Editors' Rating
Mesh X-Serve 146
Fast 64-bit AMD Opteron processor dual SATA disk drives and on-board RAID dual gigabit Ethernet interfaces Windows Small Business Server 2003 pre-installed
7.8 Editors' Rating
IBM xSeries 206m
Affordable lots of enterprise-level tools and options wide range of hardware choices plenty of room for expansion
7.7 Editors' Rating
Dell PowerEdge SC430
Low price supports dual-core, Pentium D processors simple, tool-less case entry helpful installation software on-site service
6.8 Editors' Rating
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