On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 7:37 PM, William "Chops" Westfield wrote: > > On Dec 28, 2011, at 9:30 PM, V G wrote: > >> Update: I'm probably going to go for a prebuilt server > > That seems like an uncommonly sensible idea. =A0With a maintenance contra= ct, perhaps. > Is there a nearby department who already has a similar system? =A0What wo= uld "central facilities" want you to have, if they had to take over maintai= ning it? It's uncommon? I thought buying prebuilt servers IS common - like the Dell/IBM/HP rackmount servers. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .