Where to buy server in NYC?

October 13, 2006 9:52 AM

Help! Need to buy a rack mounted server in New York City today that Debian can easily be installed on, only thing we can find is a Mac and thats not really going to work. Any ideas?
posted by lips to Computers & Internet (10 answers total)

Debian runs just fine on a Mac. Why wouldn't it work?
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:13 AM on October 13, 2006

You can buy XServes at retail?
posted by smackfu at 10:14 AM on October 13, 2006

Response by poster: I was not trying to say that debian doesn't not work on the Mac. When I say its not going to work, all I'm saying is we are not going to be buying a Mac Server and I'd really rather not get into the reasons why. If this offends, I apologize.
posted by lips at 10:25 AM on October 13, 2006

Response by poster: errr, please ignore my double negative above.

One more time for the record, I am very aware that debian runs fine on the Mac.

And yes smackfu, my friend found a place that sells Xservers retail. Simple google search I think, I don't have the link in front of me.
posted by lips at 10:27 AM on October 13, 2006

Can you find them used on craigslist?
posted by chunking express at 10:41 AM on October 13, 2006

Best answer: Yes you can.
posted by chunking express at 10:41 AM on October 13, 2006

Response by poster: Thanks chunking, we're trying to buy that server now, its a good price. For our emergency need though we'd still like to try to find one with a warranty. A lot of people rely on this machine for their email and their websites.

Thanks for the support timeistight.

Am still interested in more answers if anybody has them.
posted by lips at 10:57 AM on October 13, 2006

That's cool. 150 did seem really cheap. I feel like getting some rackmounts too.
posted by chunking express at 11:05 AM on October 13, 2006

Response by poster: Off to buy a server, woo hoo.
posted by lips at 11:25 AM on October 13, 2006

Woohoo! I don't know what retailers you have in NYC, but you could buy *parts* to build a dual opteron server from many large computer retailers. Fry's Computers in Portland often was my source for Opteron parts on an emergency basis. B&H Photo/Video also seems to have many components (many video systems are computerized), so you can try video houses.
posted by SpecialK at 7:48 PM on October 13, 2006