I've put together an entire dual PII-450 system with 768MB, RAID 5 of four 10,000RPM hot-swap SCSI drives, 4-channel Ultra2 SCSI RAID controller, dual 10/100 NICs, CD, SNMP remote access/control card and server-quality tower case with 450W power supply and 700W UPS for approximately $650CDN (About $425US).
Buy used and put it together yourself. Anyone spending four figures on a brand-new furry webserver unless it's Velar or Furnation-class is an absolute moron, there's not enough load or traffic to justify it.
People shouldn't administer server-class equipment if they lack the technical skill to put it together itself.
I've put together an entire dual PII-450 system with 768MB, RAID 5 of four 10,000RPM hot-swap SCSI drives, 4-channel Ultra2 SCSI RAID controller, dual 10/100 NICs, CD, SNMP remote access/control card and server-quality tower case with 450W power supply and 700W UPS for approximately $650CDN (About $425US).
Buy used and put it together yourself. Anyone spending four figures on a brand-new furry webserver unless it's Velar or Furnation-class is an absolute moron, there's not enough load or traffic to justify it.
People shouldn't administer server-class equipment if they lack the technical skill to put it together itself.
I hate you all.