Many IT departments have the luxury of buying expensive servers. 15 years ago we decided to build our own. Much like Google builds their own servers. Recent additions and replacements in our server farm include AMD’s hexacore processor with 16 GB of RAM and 3 Tb of hard drive space. At only $1300 per server, you just can’t go wrong. Looking at an equivalent server from vendors, the same specs would run around $5000+.
While Open Source offers many fantastic programs that are out there, we license Windows Server software along with some Open Source software to meet needs without sacrificing quality.
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Wow… I wish I was 20 years old again and a student at TTC Shelbyville. Steve, you really have a great program there that, in my opinion, deserves national recognition. Do you have anything there that can turn back the clock for me and make me 20 again?
Many thanks Rick, but the credit is also to people like yourself who blog and make learning for exciting for students. We have many more success stories to place on the blog (student profiles).
Steve