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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Wow, I wasn't expecting any replies until the morning. Thanks for the info. Good to know I wasn't the only one who received a quote for double the price of the Cisco spec'd server.<BR>
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Hiroshi<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: Lelio Fulgenzi [<A HREF="mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca">mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca</A>]<BR>
Sent: Wed 2/18/2009 6:15 PM<BR>
To: Ed Leatherman<BR>
Cc: Omori, Hiroshi; cisco voip; James Liakos<BR>
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Is anyone using using a non-Cisco approved server forCUCM?<BR>
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I think we can all agree that that HP badged servers are cheaper. But I think the original request was for non-CCS approved HP boxes. The current discontinued MCS-7845v2 specs are about double the cost of a current spec'ed model. My HP rep couldn't believe I was buying this over the current specs at double the cost. So basically, double the cost and at half the performance. :(<BR>
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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<BR>
Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<BR>
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----- Original Message -----<BR>
From: "Ed Leatherman" <ealeatherman@gmail.com><BR>
To: "James Liakos" <jliakos@csr.com.au><BR>
Cc: "Hiroshi Omori" <HOmori@cts.ucla.edu>, "cisco voip" <cisco-voip@puck.nether.net><BR>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:03:01 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<BR>
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Is anyone using using a non-Cisco approved server forCUCM?<BR>
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I'm getting ready to replace 3 of my 7845's that are going<BR>
end-of-support with HP's. MUCH cheaper.<BR>
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On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Liakos, James <jliakos@csr.com.au> wrote:<BR>
> Where I use to work we never bought Cisco MS Server's but instead only the<BR>
> HP equivalent.<BR>
><BR>
> Never had a problem.<BR>
><BR>
> Yes like you said, much cheaper !<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
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> JL.<BR>
><BR>
> From: cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net<BR>
> [<A HREF="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net">mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</A>] On Behalf Of Omori, Hiroshi<BR>
> Sent: Thursday, 19 February 2009 12:37<BR>
> To: cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<BR>
> Subject: [cisco-voip] Is anyone using using a non-Cisco approved server<BR>
> forCUCM?<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> In these times of shrinking budgets, I was wondering if anyone is using a<BR>
> non-Cisco approved server for the CUCM?<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> Cisco and HP created a part number, 470064-887, which is equivalent to the<BR>
> MCS 7845H2. It's still available from HP but it looks like it has a<BR>
> discontinued CPU(5140) and the RAID controller is a P400/256 instead of a<BR>
> P400/512.<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> I received a quote for a HP DL-380 G5 server that has a newer CPU and RAID<BR>
> controller that is almost half the price of the Cisco "approved"<BR>
> configuration.<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> I'm pretty sure the CUCM would run fine, in fact we're running a 5 server<BR>
> cluster on HP DL-380 G5 servers using the E5345 CPU's in our test lab but I<BR>
> wanted to see if anyone has encountered any problems.<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> Thanks!<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> Hiroshi Omori<BR>
><BR>
> Network Engineer<BR>
><BR>
> UCLA - University of California, Los Angeles<BR>
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><BR>
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