====== Server Hardware ======
First of all, check [[https://premier.dell.be]]. For storage servers, check [[http://www.serverdirect.nl]] (sto3/4 were ordered there). Supermicro are really good for storage, and support at serverdirect is quite good. e.g if you order a server for storage, **zfs** will be the preferred file system (used in sto1/2/3/4), so you don't need expensive RAID controllers but just HBA cards to connect the HD's (SAS). At serverdirect they will already configure this host card , so you just have to plugin the HD's.
Keep in mind you need a lot of memory when configuring a ZFS storage server.
The latest webserver (visiesrv2) comes from dell. see {{ :order_be_rel_publ_223134746_2017-11-08.pdf |}}