Hi Al,

If your hardware dies magically, I am not sure if it helps much to switch to 
another platform. What components died in all those boxes? Are all wires 
those boxes were attached to, including modem lines, LAN links etc properly 
grounded? Any chance you might have this problem: Zinc whiskers in the data 
center, http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104widernetwhiskers.html?net ?

Regards

Dmitry


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Albert Zick" <al@datazap.net>
To: <netbsd-help@NetBSD.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 20:33
Subject: Re: Midrange Server hardware recommendation, please.


> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if someone could help me with my hardware needs. I have 
> had 9 i386 system that have failed in a relatively short time. So, I am 
> wondering if there is a good alternative. After 5 Compaqs, 2 dells, an 
> intel dual processor system, and a white box; I really don't want to waste 
> any more money on systems like these. It just seems like I am always 
> having hardware failures, and I would like something reliable. I know that 
> NetBSD runs on just about anything. I am just wondering what platforms 
> everyone has had the best luck with. Maybe Sun?
>
> Thanks,
> Al
>
>