The 205 comes with a one-year on-site next-business-day parts and labor warranty. You can purchase a number of warranty options, such as an extension of the basic warranty to three years for $149, or three-years' worth of four-hour response time during business hours for $348. There are more options for 24x7 support and various response times that rise in price from there. In summary, the service offering is impressive and complete.
eServer xSeries 205, $985. IBM, (888) SHOP-IBM. www.ibm.com/server
Lantech submitted the only white-box unit for our review, and we were somewhat surprised to find that every other PC tested offered better value than the 2700. It's a good little machine, but for the price you can get a significantly smaller server with a much better warranty.
The 2700 uses an Intel server board and standard components. By far the largest machine in our review, the 2700 didn't fit on the wire rack shelving we use for testing and had to be laid on its side.
The 2700, like the IBM eSeries xServer 205, uses the Intel 845E chipset, putting it at considerable disadvantage when compared with machines sporting the ServerWorks Grand Champion SL. However, the Database 2700 was assembled with care: All the fans in the system are ball bearing, and the cabling is carefully routed.
Connectivity is provided by two USB 2.0 ports, two standard serial ports and a parallel port.
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