desired content: power-consumer and SMB

[radim48188]

Hello,

I have been reading smallnetbuilder.com for months now and it is a good resource. I would like to see more content about hardware, networking & other computing topics that cover the high-end consumer and small-business range. For the mainstream stuff I can find good reviews on Newegg and Amazon, it is the more pricey / professional items that are hard to evaluate.

Examples:
Reviews of low end Juniper hw, HP Procurve switches. Affodable tower servers/cases that take a lot of hardrives. Good harddisk racks. Soekris Monowall boxes. Hardware kits (like Phidgets). Etc.

I also welcome tips about other websites with such content.

Radim

 

[thiggins]

Thanks for the feedback, Radim.

You really think that the "reviews" on Newegg and Amazon are comparable to what we do on SmallNetBuilder. If they are, I guess we're wasting our time.

We have done some small-biz routers (Sonicwall, Adtran and Netgear, D-Link, Linksys offerings) and will continue to do more. Cisco won't provide review product and Juniper and HP ProCurve didn't show interest either.

Cases and attached-storage are beyond our current coverage focus, but I see your point. I would think that the computer hardware sites provide coverage off those, however.

We do have plans to look at single-board solutions, usually as part of open source reviews, how tos.

 

[Tamarin]

Tim,

I certanly appreciate your efforts on the reviews. While I'm not likely to buy any individual product for myself, having all the reviews and charts is a great resource for me when I'm working with various consulting clients and they need a NAS or a new less-expensive router, but still better than the Actiontec piece of junk their ISP gave them.

I would love to see reviews of higher-end equipment too, but I do understand the situation with vendors having to participate. Maybe as the site continues to grow, more will be interested.

Tam