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Where do I get a Server from?
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howmuchcaniget
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[FONT="]Hi Guys and Girls,[/FONT]
[FONT="]I need to source a server for a project of mine and have no idea where i get one from.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The spec is below but all the ones I find don't come with hard drives installed.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]2x dual core (quad if possible) processors[/FONT]
[FONT="]4 GB memory[/FONT]
[FONT="]RAID Card with min 512Mb memory [/FONT]
[FONT="]4 disks (2 mirrored to use for the OS install and any other applications min - 32Gb, 2 for the file storage – as big as can be afforded). If possible get SAS disks rather than SCSI or SATA[/FONT]
[FONT="]2 GB network cards that can be teams to both load balance and as redundancy[/FONT]
[FONT="]I need to source a server for a project of mine and have no idea where i get one from.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The spec is below but all the ones I find don't come with hard drives installed.[/FONT]
[FONT="]
[/FONT]
[FONT="]2x dual core (quad if possible) processors[/FONT]
[FONT="]4 GB memory[/FONT]
[FONT="]RAID Card with min 512Mb memory [/FONT]
[FONT="]4 disks (2 mirrored to use for the OS install and any other applications min - 32Gb, 2 for the file storage – as big as can be afforded). If possible get SAS disks rather than SCSI or SATA[/FONT]
[FONT="]2 GB network cards that can be teams to both load balance and as redundancy[/FONT]
Debt target: £19,000.00
Debt Cleared : £4,000.00
Debt Cleared : £4,000.00
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From the spec, it looks like you'd want a hosting service. Or are you wanting to buy a server?0
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I'm setting up a network of 90+ computers for academic use.
I've looked for servers but not sure how they work and have got the spec that is required.Debt target: £19,000.00
Debt Cleared : £4,000.000 -
A server is a PC really, running server OS!
Do you have a redundant PC of similar spec?0 -
ok so your assigned to setting up 90+ computers.
But you dont know what server spec etc you need ;o.0 -
just like a pc put more hdds ,and different software,
you know nothing about servers ,
old pc with a few hdds and server operating system ,and if your building it for 90 your well out off your deth ,never mind i would be too with 90 pc'sthere or their,one day i might us the right one ,until then tuff0 -
who is buying this, an education authority or yourself?0
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We've been learning all about routers, switches and the media used to send the data and they never really went into servers just that they were pc's but bigger beasts.
I played with a server before but it had 4-6 hot swap HD's installed but I have no idea where to get one from. Dabs.Com have some but I can't see one with the spec needed.
I'm pulling what hair I have left out lol...
I don't have to make the system work so I'm not worried about that just trying to source the components of the network.
Any help is much appreciated.Debt target: £19,000.00
Debt Cleared : £4,000.000 -
I have no idea of your techincal ability, but have you considered the Dell solutions?
What are you doing that needs a server that hi-end?
Is it just a file server, what?Nothing I say represents any past, present or future employer.0 -
wind-up???
you get a server from the people that make servers
they happen to be the same people that make desktops & laptops (usually)
sometimes they also make printers, networking gear etc etc0
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