RE: OT: 5 new PC's required

["Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Graham,

I regularly use Dell Optiplex GX270s at work: 2.something gig processors,
o=
nboard gigabit LAN and I've got 5 or six of them running with 1.5GB of
RAM.=
They've got, IIRC, 80 GB disks and came with XP preloaded. The cases aren'=
t *that* small, but they are definately quiet :-) The price was probably
ab=
ove you GBP 400, but that would've included the OS.

HTH,

Tim H.
(no connection with Dell, just a happy user)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Howe  Sent: 21 May 2004 23:31
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> I need to get a little server farm set up for a new project=20
> at home. The servers will be running either Windows 2000 or=20
> 2003, several will also run SQL Server 2000 and some fairly=20
> 'heavy duty' applications involved in indexing, real time=20
> collaboration and content management. The processors need to=20
> be 2GHz and I want 2Gb of RAM and a gigabit NIC in each=20
> server. There could be a requirement for big disks, but I=20
> will use external firewire drives for those.
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> Bearing thses requirements in mind, what are the smallest,=20
> quietest boxes I can buy? I want to keep the costs down to=20
> =A3400 or less per system (excluding OS and software) and don't=20
> need to worry about things like monitors, input devices or=20
> other peripherals. Any suggestions?

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