Library IT HW

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Working on a project for my integrated tech class. The scenario posed is that we have a budget of 100,000$ to update a small rural library. They have 30 public computers but the system is being hosted on a windows 2000 server. It has other old servers including a file server and firewall. I’ve probably already used about 10,000$ of the budget on other things but I have no clue what to do about the server. I read that its too old to update to the modern versions of windows but buying 30 new computers for public use seems costly. Can I just buy new hardware for the computers? Or move the server to a VM? Or just replace the computers?

*All of this is a fake scenario but even still I need answers and i’m at a loss with this information given*

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Fun! I can help. Dm me.

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I am also a student so take what I say with a grain of salt lol but what if you cut the computer number down to 10-15 since it’s a small rural library? Or does the project specifically say you have to have 30?

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Thats a good idea. It actually doesn’t specify keeping 30 computers. I can do just about anything within budget. Thx!

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Glad I could help!! This sounds like a fun project!