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Purpose-Built Computers (Appliances)

170 points posted to Enterprise by jordann 11/09/07 **REVIEWED**

Deliver to the customer servers that are already configured for their intended use.

For example, if they need a VOIP gateway, deliver a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server with Asterisk pre-installed and configured.

Certify these appliances with application developers prior to shipment.


Please see matt_d's comment

matt_d
11/10/07		 Dell provides one form of this already. Pre-installed and configured is available for basically any application, using Dell's Custom Factory Integration team to do the installation, based on an image you provide.

Dell develops solution bundles for some of the more often requested sets of applications, such as Microsoft Exchange, High Performance Compute Clusters, High Availability Clusters, Oracle database deployments, and more at http://dell.com/solutions. Dell also listens, so if there are a lot of requests for an application solution bundle, such as Asterisk, then new products get created. What isn't trivial is to certify a new solution for every possible application stack combination any user might request. One direction we're looking at is Software Appliances, which include pre-configured bundles of applications and operating systems, wrapped and and usable immediately on a virtualization solution such as VMware or Xen. This approach can reduce the amount of effort needed to develop, test, and certify new solutions that include Dell hardware.
kgraham
11/24/07		 ...or similar "appliances" (though I hate to call them such) are available that have been "certified with application developers prior to shipment", even with support contracts:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/isg_alliance?cs=555&~
jackie_c
05/29/08		 Changed status to **REVIEWED**.
 
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