In 2004 I bought a used Dell PowerEdge 4300 server... but I couldn't use it until 2005 when my wife left, because as powerful as it is, it is also big and loud.
Since then it has been my main server, and as reliable as Old Faithful. There has not been a single hardware failure. It has run e-mitch.com, mitchgarvis.com, and most importantly www.MITPro.ca. Yes, for the past eighteen months this loud but faithful server has been the home of the website you are currently surfing.
In April when I made the decision to move Dan and I started planning to migrate the sites off of the workhorse, and to virtualize it with a group sponsor. We took our time to plan it and do it right, and I'll admit that Dan did most of the work.
Anyhow Monday evening the site was down for an hour in order to move it, and for the past two days it has resided on its new home... one where hard disk capacity is not an issue. my Exchange Server followed, and all that was left was to shut her down... which I did this evening.
At 6:15pm this evening the server went silent for the first time in thirty months. She will remain so forever, and though I will try to sell her or donate her, I am sad to say that her tenure as my server is up.
Thanks girl... we called you the Hovercraft for the noise and the Ottoman for the size, but you really did the job, and I am grateful.