When we ordered the systems I specified them to have
2x256-MB chips. I don't recall the brand of memory but they're
standard 133MHz ECC chips. Several of these machines have
uptimes approaching 300 days so I assume the quality of the
memory has been adequate. ;>
I recompiled the kernel on all these machines since they came
to us with the stock Red Hat 6.2 kernel which has several
problems. Dell now has RPMs available for updated kernels.
Dell ships these with the full Red Hat install so expect to spend
time uninstalling all the stuff you don't need and installing
updates from Red Hat for the things you do need. Dell has pretty
good instructions on how to update the kernel and get the RAID
driver working.
With the exception of the kernel module for the RAID hardware
it's just like any other Red Hat server.
I see Dell is laying off another bunch of people today. I hope they
keep producing the servers. Hmmm, maybe I can get better
prices from them for hardware upgrades if they're short on
cash....
