12 Nov
2003
12 Nov
'03
11:48 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob O'Donnell" <classiccmp.org(a)irrelevant.fsnet.co.uk>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: Server flood soon
As a techie responsible for supporting a number of
small businesses, I can
confirm this - while we have a few who run fairly recent versions of
Windows Server on modern kit, I can count at least as many whose entire
business still runs off machines which are almost on topic for this
list. Certainly we've lots of NT4 Server systems out there, some even
running on P1 boxes.
Believe it or not, I'm about to install a s/h Fujitsu-Siemens with NT4
server for
a nursing home 5 user network. For $599 we got server with dual
P3-550/512Mb and
3 x 9Gb UW SCSI with RAID, 40Gb DLT Tape Drive, redundant supplies and
network card etc.
Add obsolete NT4+SP6 (off Ebay, dirt cheap - with licenses etc - al kosher)
Result is a nice little server that will more than cope with their miniscule
demand.
Hell, it would have cost nearly as much to buy a new tape drive to shove in
a
workstation.
Is not long ago (like few months) we upgraded a 24
user (serial screens)
system because the MFM hard disc in the 386 based server had finally
died...
Hmmmm, Xenix? A library perhaps?
I still support some Novell 3.12 and 4.11 servers running on 486 hardware,
though
not on MFM I must admit....LOL.
Geoff in Oz