[unclassified] RE: RHEL 5 on a Dell PowerEdge 600SC

[Sorin Srbu]

Gaddis, Jeremy L. <mailto:jlgaddis at ivytech.edu> wrote on Monday, June 25, 2007
11:09 AM:

> Sorin Srbu wrote:
>> Speaking of the Redhat-HCL, is the certified hardware db on RHN
>> intentionally not so extensive? I looked for some
>> Asus-motherboards but nothing was listed to be either certified
>> or compatible, in fact I did not find anything Asus. Am I maybe
>> looking from the wrong end, and should really be looking for
>> chipsets instead of motherboard brands and preferrably whole
>> systems instead of single components?
> 
> This is my own opinion and not anything from Red Hat, so take it FWIW.
> =)

I will do so. 8-)


> It is probably much easier and more preferable to certify a complete
> system than individual components.  As an example, a specific Asus
> motherboard may work perfectly when combined when certain other
> hardware, but may not work correctly if certain other components are
> correct.  Combine that with the fact that (in my experience) I.T. folks
> would generally be buying complete servers for running their operations
> (as opposed to building their own) and it probably works out better for
> Red Hat, hardware vendors, and us customers.

<grin> I agree, but what if you want to build your own monster-workstation
with high-end components? None of the brand-names in the industry (Dell, HP
whatever) are that well-known for providing really fast stuff. So I'm left
with building my own machine(s). Granted, I found some usable hcl-lists on
linuxquestions.org but that doesn't feel that official, just some geek's word
for it, that it will work. Know what I mean? 8-]

How do you guys do it? Only brandnames in the server-room and on the desks?