The final move

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Ok, I hope this is the last time I have to do this. The server I recently moved to was too loud and none of the bios fixes I applied made one whit of difference. So I spend ~$400 and made a new server from scratch.

Fastest damned computer I've ever seen. Reboots to welcome screen in under 45 seconds. If you want to get to the bios, you better be pressing DEL when you turn on the switch. Literally, the old CRT monitor I had hooked up couldn't reset itself faster than the bios. By the time the image came on the screen, it was already loading windows.

Impressive for a few hundred bucks.

There's no RAID SCSI or redundant power supplies or anything you'd expect in a server grade machine, but considering I've been running on a PII 450MHz with 512M of RAM for years, it should work just fine.

Plus I realized I could build my daughters' PC for really cheap too!

Again, let me know if you're getting this.

Thanks,

rolled out on Saturday, January 26, 2008 7:30 PM

Comments

# re: The final move - Kurt P

Rolled Out On: 1/26/2008 9:02 PM

Sonds like you got the poblem licked.

And I'm reading you post :-D

# re: The final move - Yuri Orlov

Rolled Out On: 1/26/2008 9:54 PM

Loud and clear!

# re: The final move - Michael Hawkins

Rolled Out On: 1/27/2008 5:27 AM

five out of five, nice to see you again.

# re: The final move - Hazel Stone

Rolled Out On: 1/27/2008 10:34 AM

Nope, still not getting you.

# re: The final move - Ishida

Rolled Out On: 1/27/2008 11:04 AM

I don't know if it's because this is the only computer turned on out of the three on our network, but your site is loading faster.

# re: The final move - Billy Hollis

Rolled Out On: 1/27/2008 12:47 PM

Ishida's right. It's noticably faster. Quite zippy, in fact.

Now, if you just stress test by getting an Instalanche. Hey, maybe that's a suggestion Glenn hasn't heard before.