Re: Advice please: Upgrade mail server or service contract?

I would lean toward leaving the system alone as long as you can,
because the costs are falling.  But the key question is ... when do
you anticipate having to upgrade for performance or reliability
reasons?

If the answer is 6 months or less, I would upgrade now.  If the answer
is more than 6 months, it depends on how bothersome the "flakiness" is
and how much effort the upgrade will be.  I seem to recollect that the
last time you upgraded it was more hassle than anticipated.

Glad the Google ads are fruitful .. thanks for the work.

On 12/1/05, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Folks:
>
> My main mail & list server (rivendell) system is getting near the end of
> it's current maintenance contract.
>
> I have to decide if I want to extend the service contract or get a new
> system.
>
> I'm thinking a new service contract will probably be $300 or so.  A new
> system would be around $800.
>
> The system is kind of old ... and VERY loud.  It's also a bit on the
> flaky side (nothing I can pin down though).  It's a Dell PowerEdge 600SC
> with 2.4ghz P4, 160gb of mirrored IDE DASD, 640mb of ram, and a SCSI
> tape drive.
>
> A new system would probably be something like a Dell PowerEdge SC430,
> 2.8ghz P4 (ht), 160gb of mirrored SATA DASD, 768mb of ram, and the same
> SCSI tape drive.
>
> So the question is: Should I extend the service contract or get a new
> system?
>
> Thanks!
>
> david

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