Talk:Dell PowerEdge
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[edit] Notability
I would tend to agree that the PowerEdge series may not be inherently inovative, but it certainly holds a respecable marketshare. Using the Google Test yields over 4 million hits for Dell PowerEdge. I think this article could use some work to establish the notability, but I would like to see it kept, even in it's current state. --Bill.matthews 15:04, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Okay. I'll do a formal AfD, then, and let the concensus decide. -- Mikeblas 16:24, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Makes sense, thanks! --Bill.matthews 16:57, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- When does the AfD expire? It looks like it has already been moved to the archive page on the "Pages for Deletion" page. Greg Birdsall 02:24, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- AfD's don't expire; they're closed. An administrator will come along, read the input given in the AfD, and decide what to do. Moving the AfD to the archives just means it's more than a week (er, or ten days?) old, not that it has been closed. -- Mikeblas 02:53, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- I didn't know that. Thanks for the information! Greg Birdsall 10:53, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- De nada. Meanwhile, the AfD has been closed and the article is staying. Normally, that also involves adding a note here (about the previous AfD, and a link to the thread, so nobody tries to AfD it again for the same reason), but it hasn't happened yet. Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to your additions about the notability of the product line! -- Mikeblas 16:45, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- AfD's don't expire; they're closed. An administrator will come along, read the input given in the AfD, and decide what to do. Moving the AfD to the archives just means it's more than a week (er, or ten days?) old, not that it has been closed. -- Mikeblas 02:53, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- When does the AfD expire? It looks like it has already been moved to the archive page on the "Pages for Deletion" page. Greg Birdsall 02:24, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- Makes sense, thanks! --Bill.matthews 16:57, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Server Styles
Should we really list each specific server? I imagine that might be difficult to keep up to date, as I already see some missing? --Bill.matthews 12:33, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- Producing a localized comprehensive list was one of the reasons for supporting the article in the AfD discussion, so I guess it's a must. Indeed, there are many models missing and I'll try to add them. But your point is one of the reasons I filed the AfD; tracking the history of their products seems more a job for Dell than for Wikipedia. Anyway, does anyone know if "600SC" or "SC600" is correct? -- Mikeblas 16:47, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- I've fixed most of the problems with the formatting of the table. Now, all it needs is some meaningful content. -- Mikeblas 17:15, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Article name
Is this topic named correctly? "Dell PowerEdge" would match all the other Dell line articles (eg, "Dell OptiPlex", not "OptiPlex"). -- Mikeblas 18:13, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- I agree, Dell PowerEdge would make more sense. --Bill.matthews 21:15, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] RAM information
http://www.pcmemorystore.com/Dell-PowerEdge-ram.htm lists memory information for many PowerEdge models.
For example, selecting "1300 Memory" and then "How many memory modules must I install at one time in my Dell PowerEdge 1300?" (JavaScript required) tels me that The Dell PowerEdge 1300 has 4 banks with 1 PC-100 socket in each bank and that it maxes out at 4ea 256MB memory sticks for a maximum memory of 1GB.
Is this enough of an authoritative source that I could use it to fill in some of the blanks?
Guy Macon
Guymacon 16:49, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Linux Reboot
How exactly does the user work around the issue? Is it just automatic and it was only a problem before Linux addressed it? Or is there a patch or special command you must run? Mwv2 05:17, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Major change with no discussion
On 18 June 2007 Crazytales deleted the model table without any discussion in talk, dropping the size from 7,929 bytes to 1,499 bytes. I have used that table several times, found it useful, and would have liked to have a discussion prior to such a major change. A possible compromise to avoid a revert war would be to move it to a separate list of PowerEdge models page.
Guy Macon
Guymacon 18:57, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
I second this - I've been looking for a table like this, and expected Wikipedia to have one. On a separate page is probably sensible zorruno (talk) 04:08, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] What does it do????
The article doesn't even say what the purpose of it is or what it does —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.18.128.178 (talk) 19:47, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
