Leopard Server hardware requirements?

[Lyn]

Generally, I'm a pretty stalwart evangelist for most things Apple,  
but I recently had to wait one month (30 days!) for a replacement G4  
Xserve power supply. This was after several calls begging Apple to  
locate and ship one of these as quickly as possible.

This episode scared me so much that I ordered spare power supplies  
for three of my other Xserves. Same delivery wait time.

Yes, I should have had spare parts on hand, but I really wonder about  
the apparent lack of availability directly from Apple for such a  
common component? This is one of those experiences that sticks in my  
mind when I'm looking to purchase additional servers or making  
recommendations for others.

Lyn

On Oct 3, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> For a business, what data are you storing?  What is your time worth?
>
> Is $1200 worth the emails/business documents/time lost if the  
> hardware dies on you?  What of your customers?
>
> If your business is one that depends on access to information to  
> keep your business flowing, $1200 is a pittance.  Invest in  
> external drives for backup and a good hardware RAID card.   
> ESPECIALLY if you don't have in-house tech people to support you  
> when something "goes funky".