Originally Posted by alborg
The problem that I see with having extra hardware just lying around, besides taking up space and tying up your money is that all of that hardware will quickly become old, and much of it will never be usable when something finally fails. Why not get the stuff at your nearest Micro Center? Instead of a redundant MB, why not buy a new "barebones" or full Dell server on eBay when something goes wrong? They would be much cheaper...

Al

Al, what do you think Dell or any server maker does? They have that "extra hardware" laying around. So when things break, they can ship it out.

My server cost me 1800. and the extra hardware 500. If you can find me a Dell PowerEdge, with:
750gb x 4 Hot Swappable RAID 5
8 GB RAM (upgradable to 32)
Dual QuadCore Opteron Processors

If you can find me a dell Opteron, with those specs, and the warranty, its a good deal.

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