The cheapest rackmount system is not always the lowest-cost option.

An off-the-shelf system may appear to be the obvious choice when budgets and timelines are tight, but the initialdev411

A bad rackmount decision rarely stays a procurement problem.

It becomes an engineering problem when the hardware does not integrate, an operational problem when reliability suffersdev411

A warranty means very little if nobody answers the phone. That is the risk buyers sometimes underestimate when choosing rackmount equipment for critical applications. Specificationsdev411