Server Hardware Recommendations

I know this is a topic that could easily spawn a holy war, but hopefully we can all keep the constructive to a maximum. ;)

My company has been purchasing almost exclusively Supermicro SuperServers for our production FreeBSD server hardware for that last four years or so. Over all I'd say we've been quite happy with Supermicro from a product stand point, but recently we've been dealing with some odd hardware issues. I still have faith in their hardware, but some concerns with their support structure is causing us to reconsider our future hardware purchasing plans.

I was wondering what others are using for production FreeBSD server hardware. I'm most interested to see what manufacturers seem to be rock solid from a hardware and FreeBSD interaction perspective and also have solid support for those issues that come up from time to time.

Thanks for your time and I look forward to people's feedback.

Matt Ruzicka - Senior Systems Administrator
Front Range Internet, Inc.
matt@xxxxxxxx - (970) 212-0728
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