[AccessD] Re: OT Server Needed

In case William is still not making it through.

Donna
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...unfortunately Spinrite doesn't work on NTFS formatted drives :(

...but Dell includes utilities that are more than adequate.

William Hindman

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Bryce" <ralphb at cwgsy.net>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Server Needed


> Hi Rocky
>
> At 22:06 1/3/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >I have a client who wants to upgrade the server on his network.
There's
> >about 10 seats on his network, of which maybe 6 are being used.
Seems to
> >me that he could use any good, fast P4 box with 1/2 gig of RAM ,
> >etc.  Which is well under $1000 these days from dell, or gateway,
with
> >three years on-site.
>
> >A local, old, fairly reputable company in San Diego - Datel - is
quoting
> >him $1457 for and Intel entry level server with a P4 (speed unknown),
> >512MB RAM, 80GB HD, with DUAL LAN RAID - whatever that is.  Plus
another
> >$775 for "WIN 2000 SVR W/5 CLIENT SP3 OEM-CD".  Plus something
between 5
> >and 10 hours of installation charged at a price unspecified in the
quote.
> >
> >My question is, what is the difference between a box that someone
like
> >Dell calls a server and an ordinary computer?  Does he need a server?
>
> Buy a "proper" server - check out the prices of Dell servers these
days
> (the 1600SC comes to mind); they're excellent value and come with 2GHz
> Xeons, ECC RAM (error checking RAM - very important in my view),
better
> cooling, the ability to expand to dual power supplies, multiple hard
disks
> and RAID arrays for data mirroring.
> The base machines are not that much more than a decent PC.
>
> You will need ten client access licenses (CALs) for between 5 and 10
users
> (CALs come in blocks of five).
>
> You should also thoroughly verify your server hard disk integrity
before
> committing data to it.
> Something like Steve Gibson's Spinrite should do the trick - that will
take
> some considerable time to run a thorough test on your drive - don't
> underestimate the time for installation and setup (5-10 hours is
pretty
> conservative).
>
> And don't forget the UPS and the backup - some backup solutions can
cost
> almost as much as the server, but consider the cost of lost data...
>
> HTH
>
> Ralph Bryce

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