Dell Poweredge Server €149 exVAT

floydmoon1

this is what mine says.
Unfortunately your order has not been found.

Dear Customer,

Unfortunately, we have been unable to identify your order based on the information you have provided. There are a number of potential reasons why your order has not been located.

Either the IR number or email address used was incorrect.

The order has not yet transferred to our order status system.

If you placed your order online within the past 48 hours, please wait and try again in 24 hours time. This will allow time for the order to load into our online status system.

TakeTheVeil

i'm getting the same as yourself Floyd.. worried about this..

floydmoon1

well it says to wait up to 72 hours b4 contacting them.will email them tomorrow night and see what the story is.

Saruman

same here. but it was only ordered last night so will see on monday. I did not get the xeon upgrade either... ah well.

Oracle

floydmoon1 wrote: »

this is what mine says.
Unfortunately your order has not been found.

Dear Customer,

Unfortunately, we have been unable to identify your order based on the information you have provided. There are a number of potential reasons why your order has not been located.

Either the IR number or email address used was incorrect.

The order has not yet transferred to our order status system.

If you placed your order online within the past 48 hours, please wait and try again in 24 hours time. This will allow time for the order to load into our online status system.

That's a routine message, I've gotten the same before and received my order as normal. You'll probably get your order, if Dell weren't willing to sell the system at the stated price they'd pull the e-value code and related web page.

Saruman

They probably have a crap load of them taking up space and just want rid. They are a rubbish spec, the only thing that makes them special is the price!
I have the latest Ubuntu downloaded so might throw that on and play with it.

Oracle

Saruman wrote: »

They probably have a crap load of them taking up space and just want rid. They are a rubbish spec, the only thing that makes them special is the price!
I have the latest Ubuntu downloaded so might throw that on and play with it.

Excellent Saruman, if you're planning on using the Ubuntu Server Edition I'd love to know how you get on. I haven't tried it.

Update: For the more adventurous/technical , there's step-by-step tutorials on how to set up a web, small business, mail server etc... using Linux at How to Forge.

Santa Claus

Extended till 14.12.2007

Supercell

Got my order confirmation too, cant track online but judging by past experience thats normal.
Once they go into production they seem to ship fast, hopefully an update on Monday as I doubt there much going on now in the plant in Limerick.

Didnt get the Xeon but did get the sas controller which I'm well chuffed with

Oracle

Microsoft Windows Small Business Server R2 2003, Premium Edition with 5 Client Licenses - add €921.62
Microsoft Ka-ching !

20 Additional CALs for Windows 2003 Small Business Server (Std or Prem) add € 1,795.98
Microsoft Ka-ching ! Ka-ching!!

That's €2717.60 extra please. :eek:
Thank you, and have a nice day!

Saruman

Oracle wrote: »

Excellent Saruman, if you're planning on using the Ubuntu Server Edition I'd love to know how you get on. I haven't tried it.

Update: For the more adventurous/technical , there's step-by-step tutorials on how to set up a web, small business, mail server etc... using Linux at How to Forge.

No just going got home user as i have no need of a server edition myself. I install/support servers (windows) but have no use for one at home.

kaizersoze

Santa Claus wrote: »

Extended till 14.12.2007

Aye I saw that and increased to a max of 3 per customer.

1000 units me arse. Like Saruman said, they probably have the place full of them.

I'd say their status system is borked aswell. 3 Vostros I ordered Thursday have changed to:

We have located your Order but we cannot advise a status, please contact Dell Customer Service.

Oracle

The latest desktop Ubuntu is great so no probs there. If I got this I think I'd try the Ubuntu server edition because knowing Ubuntu I'd say it would be a cinch to install.

Anyway, I see you can upgrade to 3yr. Next Business Day Premier Enterprise Support for €67.52- for those who need it, that sounds like a bargain to me.

afatbollix

would you have to use this as a server? i need a new pc mainly for video editing and playing a few games would this work? ive upgraded the cpu and ram to 4gb would this help me in what i want?

Saruman

Please....this is not a server
Its entry level, no where near as powerful as my PC.
Install XP on it and you will be grand. Stick in a better graphics card and you could even play some games on it
How much did all your upgrades work out at?

Lord Deco

Saruman wrote: »

Please....this is not a server
Its entry level, no where near as powerful as my PC.
Install XP on it and you will be grand. Stick in a better graphics card and you could even play some games on it
How much did all your upgrades work out at?

Does it come with all the drivers,tools etc,to use it as a normal for pc,internet,dvds,itunes etc or do you have to get them yourself?

Friend of mine is looking for a laptop or desktop for general use,I have a copy of xp I can give him,is there much work after that,if any with regard to downloading drivers,dll's etc?

Any idea what the psu is like?

A 300 watt dc power supply in the vostros/inspirons can take a HD3850/7950gt,is this the same?

Supercell

Saruman wrote: »

Please....this is not a server
Its entry level, no where near as powerful as my PC.
Install XP on it and you will be grand. Stick in a better graphics card and you could even play some games on it
How much did all your upgrades work out at?

It is a server, it serves.
Servers generally dont come with fancy graphics cards..they just..well serve...

This will be an excellent fileserve for a small network, you've got nice data redundancy with raid one on the sata drives, the memory is upscalable to 4gb pretty cheaply (from Crucial..Dell are pretty dear to upgrade the memory).

Its a nice little small business server (or home server for people like us!).

I've an MSDN subscription so will be sticking 2003 Server and maybe 2007 too (if the mood takes me) on it and playing about with virtual machines once my memory from Crucial arrives. I'll also back up all my photos, movies and mp3's to it.
Its a bloomin bargain server!!

Saruman

You know what i mean longfield.... Its entry level, barely more than a PC, no raid 5, no redundant power supply etc.
My point was, it will do as a PC or media centre just as well as its deignated "sever" status.

Do-more

I got nervous this morning that my epp order wouldn't get processed so I set up another account on another email and ordered one at the full price just in case!

I'd hardly finished placing the order when I got an order confirmation that my epp order was now in pre-production with an expected delivery date of 17th. Dec.!

Guess I'll be cancelling the second order on Monday...:o

Oracle

Longfield wrote: »

It is a server, it serves.
Servers generally dont come with fancy graphics cards..they just..well serve...

This will be an excellent fileserve for a small network, you've got nice data redundancy with raid one on the sata drives, the memory is upscalable to 4gb pretty cheaply (from Crucial..Dell are pretty dear to upgrade the memory).

Its a nice little small business server (or home server for people like us!).

I've an MSDN subscription so will be sticking 2003 Server and maybe 2007 too (if the mood takes me) on it and playing about with virtual machines once my memory from Crucial arrives. I'll also back up all my photos, movies and mp3's to it.
Its a bloomin bargain server!!

Right on the money there Longfield, I agree it's a nice little server for home or small business use. It has a gigabit ethernet embedded NIC as well, so if you upgrade your switch to gigabit, you've a low cost server dishing out data at 1000 Mbit/sec.

Oracle

I just noticed this offer on the Dell Small Business server site: Buy your first server with Dell and receive a FREE gift!: http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/enterprise?c=ie&cs=iebsdt1&l=en&s=bsd

I think you have to fill out this form and get a callback from a Dell rep. I'd want €500 at least, in advance, to listen to that one of them! But I guess that's what speakerphones are for. I wonder what the gift is? Is the booby prize a copy of Vista?

Lord Deco

Oracle wrote: »

Right on the money there Longfield, I agree it's a nice little server for home or small business use. It has a gigabit ethernet embedded NIC as well, so if you upgrade your switch to gigabit, you've a low cost server dishing out data at 1000 Mbit/sec.

Is it faster than wifi/file sharing on home pc?

Not that im going to be upgrading to gigabit...

Dont you get something like 10mbit/sec when file sharing on home pc,through public....3 others in my house with pc's set up to file share,plus an xbox360...

Would I see any difference in speed?

MayoForSam

Mine has shipped, received packing slip and system tag, should be here Monday or Tuesday - that was quick .

_Kaiser_

MayoForSam wrote: »

Mine has shipped, received packing slip and system tag, should be here Monday or Tuesday - that was quick .

When did you order?

kendragon

Oracle wrote: »

I just noticed this offer on the Dell Small Business server site: Buy your first server with Dell and receive a FREE gift!: http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/enterprise?c=ie&cs=iebsdt1&l=en&s=bsd

I think you have to fill out this form and get a callback from a Dell rep. I'd want €500 at least, in advance, to listen to that one of them! But I guess that's what speakerphones are for. I wonder what the gift is? Is the booby prize a copy of Vista?

Are you going to chance it? Let us know if its worth the aggro please buddy.:D

MayoForSam

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

When did you order?

Thursday evening

TakeTheVeil

Ordered Thursday evening myself and still haven't received an order confirmation

zod

I ordered on thursday evening and got an internet receipt at around 5:30PM

just recieved an order confirmation :

PE SC440 Pentium Dual-Core E2160, 1.8GHz/1MB 800FSB 2 106.37 212.74 S
Money OFF - Unbelievable Offer - Save up to 73% 2 S
English Documentation, UK Power Cord 2 S
PE SC440 Server Tower Chassis (L6) 2 S
1GB Single Rank 667MHz ECC Memory (2x512MB) 2 S
No Floppy Drive 2 S
80GB SATA (7,200rpm) 3.5inch Hard Drive 2 S
80GB, SATA, 3.5-inch, 7.2K rpm, Additional HD 2 S
16x DVD Rom 1st 2 S
No Monitor Required 2 S
No Mouse Required 2 S
No Keyboard Required 2 S
No Operating System 2 S
Open Manage CD with Drivers 2 S
No Warranty Upgrade 2 S
You have chosen not to take the Dell PowerEdge installation service 2 S
Base Warranty 2 S
1Y NBD (Next Business Day) On-site 2 S
C2 Motherboard SATA cabled, No RAID, 2 Hard Drives (using onboard SATA Cntrl) 2 S
PowerEdge Order - Ireland 2 S

Oracle

Lord Deco wrote: »

Is it faster than wifi/file sharing on home pc?

Not that im going to be upgrading to gigabit...

Dont you get something like 10mbit/sec when file sharing on home pc,through public....3 others in my house with pc's set up to file share,plus an xbox360...

Would I see any difference in speed?

Hi Lord Deco, gigabit ethernet is faster than wifi, and faster than the standard ethernet used for networking and file sharing in most homes & many offices:

Standard WiFi (54g) - 54 Mbit/sec (High Speed/Turbo Mode 125 Mbit/sec)
Standard Ethernet - 100 Mbit/sec
Gigabit Ethernet - 1000 Mbit/sec

As you can see sharing data over WiFi will slow the maximum speed to 54 Mbit/sec at best. So if your use WiFi to share files and use your Xbox having a gigabit ethernet wired network won't give you much performance boost. The best performance improvement would only be achieved if you used a wired network and upgraded your switch to gigabit.

geecee

I ordered 2 of these last thursday
Still never received any order conformation from Dell
Just an internet Receipt number....

When i look this number up -they say they have no record of my order and that i should wait up to 72 hours...

The 72 hours is well past by now...
Anybody else experiencing the same problmems

forbairt

Oracle wrote: »

I just noticed this offer on the Dell Small Business server site: Buy your first server with Dell and receive a FREE gift!: http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/enterprise?c=ie&cs=iebsdt1&l=en&s=bsd

Did anyone do this and if so what was the prize ? a 32mb usb key ?

forbairt

geecee wrote: »

I ordered 2 of these last thursday
Still never received any order conformation from Dell
Just an internet Receipt number....

When i look this number up -they say they have no record of my order and that i should wait up to 72 hours...

The 72 hours is well past by now...
Anybody else experiencing the same problmems

Is it 72hours working time do they work sunday ... in which case give them a little bit of time today ? The offer was extended till the 14th so there's still time

Basq

Christ, that was quick.

My boss ordered one on Thursday afternoon and it just arrived this morning.

I ordered a laptop a week ago and that's still in 'Phase 2: Pre-Production' with an estimated delivery date of Wednesday!

syboit

basquille wrote: »

Christ, that was quick.

My boss ordered one on Thursday afternoon and it just arrived this morning.

I ordered a laptop a week ago and that's still in 'Phase 2: Pre-Production' with an estimated delivery date of Wednesday!

wow, must be already waiting in delivery trucks , ordered one this morning

forbairt

status on mine tells me its out for delivery but there's no link to check with the courier

floydmoon1

just off the phone from dell.Rang them as could find my order when i logged in online.He says that the order didnt process and to order it again.He asked if I wanted to order with him but i said id do it online .I probably wouldnt have got the epp discount ordering it on the phone.

Dazzy

I ordered two of these on Thursday and received the "Dell Order Acknowledgement" email straight after. Since placing the order I had been trying to get a status from the Dell site but kept getting the "unfortunately your order has not been found" message. I mailed DELL customer service today and the response was "your order was cancelled due to an internal error" and to order again. I just ordered again at the same price. Might be worth emailing customer service if your in the same boat.

floydmoon1

i think this might not work with the epp.has anyone recieved confirmation that theres have been sent and when on thursday did you order.maybe they coped on after a few ordered through epp early thursday.

kaizersoze

floydmoon1 wrote: »

i think this might not work with the epp.has anyone recieved confirmation that theres have been sent and when on thursday did you order.maybe they coped on after a few ordered through epp early thursday.

I don't think it's just an EPP problem. The same happened to the pc's I ordered Thursday. I emailed the Dell rep and she resubmitted the order today.

It looks like their ordering system borked.

ob

I ordered my two (@ €188 each) on Friday afternoon, got the confirmation email Saturday afternoon, and they shipped Sunday. Hopefully I'll have them by tomorrow.

forbairt

floydmoon1 wrote: »

i think this might not work with the epp.has anyone recieved confirmation that theres have been sent and when on thursday did you order.maybe they coped on after a few ordered through epp early thursday.

Used the EPP ... shipped on the 8th so thats saturday ... awaiting delivery today .. it says on the website arrival on the 14th or before and says to check with interlink for details only I've no tracking number

squonk_ie

Dell must be shipping these at random. I ordered mine on Thursday via the EPP but it has just gone into production today. I got my confirmation email on Saturday

Supercell

Ordered on Friday night and looks like its already on the way to me - "Your order is currently with the carrier and a detailed status on your delivery should be available shortly." , I can also look up my service tag online. Very impressed, thats really fast.

As luck would have it my main pc died today, not sure if its mbd , cpu etc yet, very glad that this is arriving and also very lucky that I backed up my main pc yesterday!

TakeTheVeil

For those of you whose orders went through, did you purchase using EPP and the other delivery discount (ie. 188e total) and did you purchase with a business name?

Basq

I just purchased one myself there via EPP and with a business name - fingers crossed!

ob

TakeTheVeil wrote: »

For those of you whose orders went through, did you purchase using EPP and the other delivery discount (ie. 188e total) and did you purchase with a business name?

Yes EPP, €188 total, and I used a business name.

Basq

I placed my order about 10 minutes ago and tried checking the order status using the IR number and my e-mail address and it's not found.

Is this normal? Will it take a while to register there?

TakeTheVeil

Did you enter a legit company name?

Basq

TakeTheVeil wrote: »

Did you enter a legit company name?

Yep!

TakeTheVeil

Bollox.. that could be the problem then. Is the credit card you ordered with a company one? Does it have company details registered with the card?