Using an i7 Rig as a terminal server...

[Guru]

Hi all,

I've found out that one of our clients is using an i7 rig as a terminal server.

It is an i7 930 @ 2.8GHz and is running 12GB of ram on an Asus P6T SE motherboard.

They are running server 2008 R2 and this server is used to service around 15-20 clients.

I was just wondering what people thought about this set up?

I would never sell them something like this, I would always put in a "server" usually HP, but given that this is a fairly powerful PC should it be up to the task or not?

Thanks,

G

 

[Guru]

The reason it's come to light is that the onboard NIC has failed and the Mobo is out of warranty.

I'm sending someone out there with a PCI-E NIC this afternoon to get everything back up and running, but it's completely crippled their business right now as no-one can access the terminal server so no-one can do any work.

They are wondering if they should go back to their old IT company to complain that they never should have installed this solution in the first place as it's not a "server" so to speak so they are questioning if it is fit for purpose.

The main thing that's annoyed me about it is that if it was a server they would have longer warranty and HP would have already been out with a new Mobo.

But as it's already in there is't very difficult to just tell them it's not what they need.

 

[Guru]

Out of interest, if they end up buying a server from us instead and want rid of this out of warranty machine, how much should I offer them to take it off their hands bearing in mind they all use laptops.

Cheers,

G

 

[Guru]

Thinking purely selfishly, it would be a huge upgrade over my Q6000 rig

Will see if they want to buy a new server as their MD has already mentioned it without prompting.