Which Server To Buy From Following(For a School)

[aashish2025]

Well, I need to buy a server for a small high school with around 60 computers(40 classes, 20 for department/offices, etc). We won't be hosting the school website or something there and the server will be used simply for internal networking. I asked a local computer store to send me the quotes and he send me details of three servers. I am posting them here. Please help me choose one. The price difference is not much and I am not able to decide which one will be apt for us. The servers and the price for each are as follows:

1. Model X Series x3200 M3 Server
Processor ‐ Intel XEON Quad Core 2.4 GHz
Memory ‐ 4GB
Hard Disk ‐ 2 X 1 TB SATA
Network ‐ Dual 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet Controller with RJ45 Support
Dual Power Supply
Optical Drive DVD‐ROM
18.5” wide Panel Lenovo LCD Monitor
Price: $2206


2. Model X Series x3200 M3 Server
Processor ‐ Intel XEON Quad Core 2.4 GHz
Memory ‐ 4GB
Hard Disk ‐ 2 X 500 GB SATA
Network ‐ Dual 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet Controller with RJ45 Support
Dual Power Supply
Optical Drive DVD‐ROM
18.5” wide Panel Lenovo LCD Monitor
Price: $2112

3. Dell Power Edge T310 Server
Intel Xeon X3450 Xeon CPU, 2.4 GHz
One Broadcom 5716 dual‐port Gigabit
4 GB Memory (RAM)
2 x 300 GB Hard Drive
DVDRW Drive 16x
Dell 17” LCD Monitor
Price: $2387

It would be really nice if someone could reply quickly as we need to set up the computers as soon as possible.

Thank you very much!

 

[GhislainG]

What components and software is included with each system? I don't know about the other systems, but the Dell is worth $1,200-$1,400 max. with that configuration; therefore an OS and other components have to be included.