I have a server that is apparently considered "old", as in, the RAM in it is old enough that manufacturers aren't making much of it any more, and so the prices are starting to go up.

I had purchased the machine only half full of processors and RAM with the idea that it would be a cheap upgrade later once I needed it.  I'm getting to the point of "needing" the upgrade, and so went out looking for the parts.

The processors were easy enough to come by, but the RAM was not, and the brand new price of the RAM sticks (4GB, ECC, Buffered, DDR2, 800Mhz) was up around $50-$100 a stick, but I found them on Ebay from PlanetMemory for much cheaper - $16!

A hard drive failed in clementine, and the plan is to replace the drive today, provided that USPS delivered it to the right place.  I'm hoping to replace it without taking the machine down, but we might need to power down the machine for a little while to avoid losing any data during the replacement.

I'll update this page as any new information happens.

10:30AM Update: The drive has been replaced, and the machine is back up and running.  Let me know if you see any problems, but everything looks good on my end.  The server might be a little slow today as it copies the data to the new drive.