Which server would you purchase? IBM x3550 or Dell R610?

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I'm in the market for a single unit rack mounted server with a strong upgrade pathway.

The two servers on the top of my wish list are:

Ultimately I want to have a Dual Quad Xeon (2 Ghz+) server with loads of RAM for a top notch DB server. The database is likely to keep growing indefinitly so a snappy Raid 5 array of Harddrives will be essential.

Which would you purchase?

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Which server would you purchase? IBM x3550 or Dell R610?

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IBM x3550 M2 Express

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