I have a mac server for a small department in my company storing our files. It's a little over 5 years old now. Just wondering when a good time to upgrade would be. I usually like to replace old equiptment before it breaks down.
2006-10-25 04:29:34 · 3 answers · asked by Duke P 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
In addition following Answer 1:
- Warranty is expired
- It's doing fine now people are accessing fine, however it's had it's problems in the past.
- Not sure about the Monitoring...
- I used to use tapes with Retrospect but that system broke down serveral times and I abandoned it. Now I use an external drive to swap the info to on a weekly basis.
2006-10-25 04:46:05 · update #1
You must be balancing expenses with peace of mind. I have had 10 year old Macs that worked like a champ. It is also possible to have a computer fry like a rat in the microwave at first use. The real wear item, other than keyboard and mouse that you probably never use on a server, are the hard drives. If they are ATA drives, buy some new drives and duplicate everything on them ASAP. You can probably slip the new drives into a new computer when you decide to go for it. Your external drives are your best insurance against data loss.
On the other hand, a newer server (actually, any computer can be used as a server) will be much faster than this old workhorse. Do you need the speed? Computer technology is always better next year so upgrade when you are ready to spend money. If not, keep a good backup and bide your time.
2006-10-26 23:37:29 · answer #1 · answered by SilverTonguedDevil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Age IS a factor for replacement but you should be looking at the bigger picture.
- warranty. is it still covered? can the warranty be extended?
- performance. does it still allow the users to do their job?
- monitoring. good servers come with all kinds of hardware monitoring systems. Are they active/configured?
- backup. even the best server can take a dump. Do you have backup tapes (off-premises)? Have you ever tested the tapes?
UPDATE: based on your additional info I'd say replace it. Never let your servers fall out of warranty, and pay the extra dosh to have a 4-hour onsite service in case things break.
2006-10-25 04:39:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF, they make it through shipping...I'd give them about 3 1/2 minutes before the capacitors explode.
2006-10-25 07:58:50 · answer #3 · answered by TraxAttack 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋