Hey everyone. I have a particular tech problem. I run a small clinic in rural TN. It is basically not a profit based clinic for me as a provider but serves to keep 5 jobs in the community. It also gives a small rural area medical support as there is a full time PA there. I am faced with expanding to 6 treatment rooms with a total of almost 10 - 15 computers running amazing charts. I now run peer to peer from an office computer and back up to a notebook drive. I have seen these poweredge servers on ebay for pretty reasonable prices. Are these servers worth any thing at all? What amount of memory will we need and what should I be looking for if we get one of these servers? Where can I go for info on how to set the system up? (I would set it up on a part time basis until we take the whole system live using nites and weekends to save some douugh as any set up money would be personal money.) Are there any other tips of suggestions? Should we just go with a upgraded peer to peer model with a high grade optiplex vs a server? Oh, by the way, I am not computer savy at all but can read and follow instructions, lol.

thanks in advance
g


George M. Mangle, DO, DPM
Diplomat American Board of Internal Medicine