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I recently completed two projects that have been underway since around November last year. Both projects involved the installation of a new Server into an existing school networks.

The new servers were installed at Armidale City Public School and at Guyra Central School. Both servers are now running happily and the projects were completed with relative ease.

I would like to thank the Staff of both schools for giving me the opportunity to work for them, and also for the assistance and friendly atmospheres that they provided during the projects.

For those who are interested, the hardware specifications for the system used is as follows;

Optima Vizon II 4000 Hot-Swap
CPU Dual Xeon 2.4GHz, 533MHz, 512K L2 Cache
Suports: Dual Xeon 533/400MHz, 512K L2 or 1M L3 Cache. Supports HT

Chipset Intel E7501

Memory 1024MB (2x 512) DDR ECC Registered PC 2100
Supports up to 12GB. 6x 184pin DIMM sockets to be populated in pairs (Max. 12GB using 2GB modules).

PCI Dual PCI bus with 5 PCI slots. 2x PCI-X 64-bit/133MHz (3.3V), 2x PCI-X 64-bit/100MHz (3.3V), 1×32-bit/33MHz (5V)

CD-ROM/FDD 52X CDROM IDE + FDD included
LAN 2x Integrated Intel® Gigabit 10/100/1000 + 1x 10/100 Ethernet via 3x RJ45 sockets

Video Integrated ATI* Rage* XL with 8 MB memory

SCSI Controller Integrated Dual U320 Adaptec AIC-7902

Backup AIT-1 IDE Internal Tape Drive 35/90 GB. Transfer rate 4-8MB/s.

I/O 2-Ch ATA/100, 1x RS-232C serial port, 1x parallel port 2x PS/2, 2x rear and 2x front USB 1.1

RAID Adaptec 2100S U160 1-Ch SCSI RAID Controller with 32 MB onboard Memory
3x 73.5GB (10,000 RPM), ULTRA320 SCSI (SCA) Fujitsu MAP3735NC

Chassis Optima Full- Tower Server Case, Pedestal chassis with 3 cooling fans, LED indicators, mechanical locks and intrusion switch.

Drive Bays 3x ext. 5.25″ Bays, 1x FDD Bay, 5x SCSI Hot-swap Ultra-160 Bays + 2x fixed SCSI/IDE I” drives

PSU Single 460W SSI EPS12V with ball bearing fan, Active PFC Power Supply

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Both systems were set up with a UPS.
One system was rack mounted.

Windows 2003 Server (Standard Edition) was installed on both systems, which are running as;
- Primary Domain Controllers
- File Servers
- DNS Servers
- DHCP Servers

The RAID system provides redundancy in case of hardware failure, and the AIT Tape backup system provides off-site security of critical data.