Lenovo Servers

howler · 10 Sep 2009 at 15:11

Are they any good? Better than a ProLiant?

A salesman is trying to tell me they perform better than a proliant, anyone know if this true? I'm not so sure

ruffneck · 10 Sep 2009 at 15:13

arn't they just a cheap IBM?

howler · 10 Sep 2009 at 15:23

I have no idea

bigredshark · 10 Sep 2009 at 15:26

Wouldn't touch them with a barge pole, no history, completely unknown quantity, can't be put in the same category as HP/IBM/Dell at all.

howler · 10 Sep 2009 at 15:29

That was my thoughts, I'll tell the salesman where to stick it!

osc89er · 10 Sep 2009 at 15:57

Also Lenovo haven't been owned by IBM for quite some time. I'm sure some of their product lines still show high quality IBM heritage but it cannot be assumed.

bigredshark · 10 Sep 2009 at 16:07

osc89er said:
Also Lenovo haven't been owned by IBM for quite some time. I'm sure some of their product lines still show high quality IBM heritage but it cannot be assumed.

There's no product line for servers, lenovo bought the desktop and laptop business, IBM still make their own servers...

iaind · 10 Sep 2009 at 16:08

lenovo will be pushing it, probably offering incentives to their resellers

iaind · 10 Sep 2009 at 16:09

bigredshark said:
There's no product line for servers, lenovo bought the desktop and laptop business, IBM still make their own servers...

They're low end IBM boxes with Lenovo badges on them.

SMN · 10 Sep 2009 at 16:27

Probably re-badged IBM. Check what mobo chipset they are using and compare it to a IBM server is my advice.

#Chri5# · 10 Sep 2009 at 16:58

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/servers/249463/lenovo-thinkserver-td100x

The ThinkServer family is the result of an agreement with IBM where Lenovo will produce single and dual socket servers based on IBM's xSeries technology. Lenovo was very keen to point out to us that this agreement is not an OEM deal but that it is actually manufacturing the servers itself in China.