Bit off topic, but if anyone knows, it's MUUGers...
Does anyone know a source for cheap, older, *legit* Windows Server servers? I'm looking for something that includes the hardware and the O/S. Obviously to be legit the license would have to be OEM (with COA) or FPP (full retail box), and not corporate bulk/blanket licensing.
The minimum O/S version level acceptable Windows Server 2008 64-bit or R2.
I need the dirt cheapest solution, like dirt dirt cheapest. They can be beat up, low ram, junk cpu, etc; just has to work and be cheap. By cheap I mean like under $250. Surely Server 2008 is old enough now that the 2007-2010 level of hardware is basically only good for recycling now?
Alternatively I could also use cheap used FPP copies of Server alone (no hw), which I think would be legit to buy used(?). Obviously OEM wouldn't be.
<crosses fingers> Thanks!
Just to clarify, you absolutely need this to be a physical server deployed on-prem?
John
On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 5:53 PM, Trevor Cordes trevor@tecnopolis.ca wrote:
Bit off topic, but if anyone knows, it's MUUGers...
Does anyone know a source for cheap, older, *legit* Windows Server servers? I'm looking for something that includes the hardware and the O/S. Obviously to be legit the license would have to be OEM (with COA) or FPP (full retail box), and not corporate bulk/blanket licensing.
The minimum O/S version level acceptable Windows Server 2008 64-bit or R2.
I need the dirt cheapest solution, like dirt dirt cheapest. They can be beat up, low ram, junk cpu, etc; just has to work and be cheap. By cheap I mean like under $250. Surely Server 2008 is old enough now that the 2007-2010 level of hardware is basically only good for recycling now?
Alternatively I could also use cheap used FPP copies of Server alone (no hw), which I think would be legit to buy used(?). Obviously OEM wouldn't be.
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On 2017-02-21 John Lange wrote:
Just to clarify, you absolutely need this to be a physical server deployed on-prem?
Yes, or it defeats the purpose for what I need it for. Physical server.
Do people ever off-lease these things and unload them cheap or do they just throw them away? Or is every business in the world running site/bulk licensing? Thanks.
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