If you can't find anyone else to give it to, I'll give it a good home. It can become my first (real) server! <g>. I currently have SBS 2003 running on an old Gateway PC.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Sam Cayze <[email protected]> wrote: > :) > > Thanks for all the input everyone, good ideas. > > Yeah, the server is beefy, dual proc, Srv 2003, loaded with drives and Max > ram. I had my developers using it not too long ago for dev, and they > thought it was fine for iis/sql. > > Yep, we actually just have too many servers, and this sucker is huge! I > want it out of my rack! > > Sam (OP) > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2009 3:55 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Donating Servers? > > Guys, did you read the original message? He said the server was beefy. > Tells me that it is probably already running 2K3, or is at least capable of > it. I understand that schools don’t want ancient equipment, but this is > supposedly not the case here. I used to work for a school district, I > completely understand what can/cannot be accepted. And there was never a > statement saying it wasn’t servicing his needs. Maybe he’s one of the lucky > ones that rotate equipment on a regular basis whether it needs it or not. > > > > Joe Heaton > > Employment Training Panel > > > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2009 1:29 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Donating Servers? > > > > Schools gotta get their business done, too. If it's not servicing your > needs, do you honestly think it will service a school's needs? In many > cases, there will be many, many more users than the typical small office > server serves. If the school district does offer A+ and computer classes I > can see it being useful, but if they are doing work, not so much. > > > > I had to refuse a donation of a 4 year old server that the local branch > office of the electric utility offered to us because it was too old. At the > time, all of my servers were just over a year old. > > > > Private schools may be more interested in a donation, too. I know many of > the private schools around here struggle for equipment. > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > The rural county I live in told me the last time I had server or desktops > to donate that unless they were less than a year old they were not > interested. Lucky for me the local community college loved the donation. > They teach A+ and other computer classes so machines the students can take > apart and put together and make work on any OS works for them. If they > don't work then they still enjoy them. > > > > Jon > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've found that many of the school districts around here will not accept > any computer donations more than 2 or 3 years old. They are WAY more picky > than they were 10 years ago ! > > > > Erik Goldoff > IT Consultant > Systems, Networks, & Security > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 4:09 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Donating Servers? > > Technology requirements may be skyrocketing, but the usefulness of ancient > hardware is dropping faster than a rock. > > In a lot of situations anything that's not capable of reasonably running XP > or 2003 is useless. > > If you do give it to a school... make sure you give them the hard drives! > > Joe Heaton wrote: > > Check with your local school district too, especially in these times. > > The technology requirements for classrooms is skyrocketing, and > > education budgets are getting slashed… > > -- > > Phil Brutsche > [email protected] > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
