Buying servers?
bbhoss-synsol: I like Sun servers, they can be expensive, but you can get some good deals if you are accepted into SSE (Sun Startup Essentials).  For me one of the best things about them is the ILOM, which is badass as far as I'm concerned.  Also, their N1 System manager lets you manage and provision a bunch of servers from a single location.  It will also keep track of the environment on all of them, but thats nothing you couldn't build with SNMP traps etc.  Also, I must mention that if you pay for the support, it is awesome, I had a problem with system drives on a Friday, and they overnighted it and I had it Saturday.  They also don't charge you unless you don't send the defective part back, with THEIR free packaging and shipping.  It was also nice of them to include 3-4 3M anti-static wrist straps with my shipment of new hardware :)