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<blockquote data-quote="rudiv" data-source="post: 2500403" data-attributes="member: 83627"><p>Thought I'd chime in on this since I've developed a sideline in facilities/IT management in the last couple of months. There are a bunch of refurb/used vendors across Delhi that are reliable; the issue with most of them is that they're not really professional organisations that will test hardware thoroughly before sending it out. I learnt the hard way since my last experience working with hardware professionally was for my university in the US, where the vendors were top-notch.</p><p></p><p>Some things to look out for:</p><p></p><p>- When buying mid range and above servers that have a large number of slots, most vendors will not check all the slots. For example, I picked up a Dell R720 and ran a couple of stress tests on the CPU and RAM before accepting it, but I didn't think to check each memory slot. A year later I upgraded it, and when installing RAM found a couple of slots were messed up. I told the vendor, but he held up his hands and said it had been too long since he sold it to me, then offered to buy it back for less than half. I imagine he'll sell it to someone who doesn't need a lot of memory to start with again.</p><p></p><p>- It's worth waiting for a good deal - the market is highly variable city-to-city and prices can vary quite a bit across vendors. But be careful - the guy I get cable and rack accessories from bought some switches from someone a few years ago for cheap, only to have to bribe the cops 10 lakhs a month later as they turned out to be stolen from a government hospital in Lucknow. This especially applies for networking gear - I've gotten quotes between 8000 and 25000 for the same model of 18-year-old Cisco switch. Servers are a little more standardised.</p><p></p><p>- Even in the IT hardware market, people operate in the old fashioned style. I've stepped on many toes by calling 6 different people for quotes on something, taking the lowest one, and then telling the others who I got it from and for how much. As I said last time - aaj kal ke bacchon ko inn cheeze ki parvah nahin hoti lol.</p><p></p><p>The way the market works here is honestly fascinating. I just picked up a HP 10G ethernet/40G QSFP switch for ~60k. The same switch is available from global vendors starting at ~$1200, yet the guy I bought it from wanted to get rid of it and was willing to drop the price by 10k.</p><p></p><p>I found a bit of a gold mine in terms of some smaller vendors outside of Nehru Place that are less cutthroat and have better pricing. I'm happy to help out anyone looking for networking gear or servers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rudiv, post: 2500403, member: 83627"] Thought I'd chime in on this since I've developed a sideline in facilities/IT management in the last couple of months. There are a bunch of refurb/used vendors across Delhi that are reliable; the issue with most of them is that they're not really professional organisations that will test hardware thoroughly before sending it out. I learnt the hard way since my last experience working with hardware professionally was for my university in the US, where the vendors were top-notch. Some things to look out for: - When buying mid range and above servers that have a large number of slots, most vendors will not check all the slots. For example, I picked up a Dell R720 and ran a couple of stress tests on the CPU and RAM before accepting it, but I didn't think to check each memory slot. A year later I upgraded it, and when installing RAM found a couple of slots were messed up. I told the vendor, but he held up his hands and said it had been too long since he sold it to me, then offered to buy it back for less than half. I imagine he'll sell it to someone who doesn't need a lot of memory to start with again. - It's worth waiting for a good deal - the market is highly variable city-to-city and prices can vary quite a bit across vendors. But be careful - the guy I get cable and rack accessories from bought some switches from someone a few years ago for cheap, only to have to bribe the cops 10 lakhs a month later as they turned out to be stolen from a government hospital in Lucknow. This especially applies for networking gear - I've gotten quotes between 8000 and 25000 for the same model of 18-year-old Cisco switch. Servers are a little more standardised. - Even in the IT hardware market, people operate in the old fashioned style. I've stepped on many toes by calling 6 different people for quotes on something, taking the lowest one, and then telling the others who I got it from and for how much. As I said last time - aaj kal ke bacchon ko inn cheeze ki parvah nahin hoti lol. The way the market works here is honestly fascinating. I just picked up a HP 10G ethernet/40G QSFP switch for ~60k. The same switch is available from global vendors starting at ~$1200, yet the guy I bought it from wanted to get rid of it and was willing to drop the price by 10k. I found a bit of a gold mine in terms of some smaller vendors outside of Nehru Place that are less cutthroat and have better pricing. I'm happy to help out anyone looking for networking gear or servers. [/QUOTE]
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