Hi All,
I am reaching out there in a bid someone might be able to help out a little.

We have just about reached the limits of the current server and looking at a replacement to host the database.

The existing server JC is currently sitting on will sit there looking after mail, user web hosting etc.

In short I have narrowed it down to what I believe will be best performance wise and unsure whether I head in the correction of a branded box ie Dell, HP, IBM or some unknown made up machine.

If you have any contacts or recommendations by all means let me know.

What I have in mind is as follows:
1RU (can't be anything more).
2x Intel Xeon processors.
Minimum 2x 300GB SAS Hard Drives, thinking of heading to 4x 300GB but as SAS drives aren't cheap I reckon 2 would be sufficient although 4 drives would be able to get max performance out of it.
8GB RAM, this should be plenty for the time being.
DRAC setup or similar

Keeping in mind the box is currently running the following so even with the above configuration it will be a massive jump up in performance.
1RU
1x Q6600 CPU
4GB RAM
2x 500GB WD Black SATA Hard Drives

Thanks

Cheers
Darren