ICT_GUY Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 You may have noticed that I have not been around that much over the past month. The reason being I have been installing a completely new suite whilst at the same time moving our network over to three new servers running server 2008. Also relocating the servers to a new air-conditioned room far away from my office. (the quietness is deafening, I never realised before that my external HD had a fan that would come on intermittently!). You may have been aware that SCL was doing a edugeek deal some months back, 2.5 Ghz dual core PC's with 2 gigs of ram and a nice TFT for £300. Well we ordered 50 of them. I equipped the new suite exclusively with them and replaced all the class pc's with the same boxes. What a difference! I cannot praise SCL and Dan W enough, after all the hand holding and help. Out of 50 pc's I have only had one refuse to boot, and that was because the memory had shifted, which is hardly surprising. So thats 50 sub £300 pcs with no failures. I have also been supplied with a number of spares in case of mobo failure, since there is nothing worse than having a single PC with a non standard mobo. All kit arrived on time and worked can't say fairer than that. Oh and here are some pics. http://wykeregisjun.co.uk/newsuite/suite_1_small.JPG http://wykeregisjun.co.uk/newsuite/suite_2_small.JPG http://wykeregisjun.co.uk/newsuite/new_server_small.JPG
Butuz Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Wow thats a nice big IT Suite!!! Good work!! Butuz
mrtechsystems Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 (edited) Excellent Job and wiring aswell pat on the back for SCL aswell Edited October 10, 2008 by mrtechsystems
Elky Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Thanks ICT_GUY - glad you are happy! That suite looks really up together, cracking job
ICT_GUY Posted October 10, 2008 Author Posted October 10, 2008 Thanks everyone, its amazing how hard it is to do this stuff on your own. Things I have learned. Unpacking 50pcs can take 5 - 8 hours Moving 250kgs of servers switches and cabinet can be hard work. Moving 1.5 tonnes of PC's from one side of the school to the other is something I don't want to do again any time soon. HP supply their top end severs with CD drives despite the server software coming on DVD's
bossman Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 @ICT_GUY: Firstly excellent job Suite looks really good the only thing i would change is the seating as we have been informed by our H&S exec that the chairs have to rotate to save twisting the spine with a fixed gas lift up and down for personal height adjustment for viewing the screen at the correct height. Just an observation not being picky as all looks really well.
Busybub Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Thanks everyone, its amazing how hard it is to do this stuff on your own. Things I have learned. Moving 1.5 tonnes of PC's from one side of the school to the other is something I don't want to do again any time soon. I can sympathise. Had to shift a ton of kit down a flight of stairs myself... next time I'm calling in reinforcements! Just out of interest, how much did the benching cost? Tried to get some quotes in at short notice over Summer and couldn't get anybody in to even have a look (other than one company that wanted a completely ridiculous sum).
SYNACK Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 I can sympathise also one of my first major IT jobs I did at my old High School was moveing 32 old school (read heavy with CRTs) computers from an upstairs lab to the other side of the school. Then carrying the 32 new computers up the stairs and doing the unpack. Luckily they did let me use the school van to get them to the other side of the school but its still tough going doing it all in a short period of time. The new suite looks really good and massive in comparision to any of the school based labs that I have seen.
ICT_GUY Posted October 10, 2008 Author Posted October 10, 2008 I can sympathise. Had to shift a ton of kit down a flight of stairs myself... next time I'm calling in reinforcements! Just out of interest, how much did the benching cost? Tried to get some quotes in at short notice over Summer and couldn't get anybody in to even have a look (other than one company that wanted a completely ridiculous sum). Came as part of the refurb, two rooms knocked into one, wiring, benches, air con, server room & aircon, 36 pcs, rack, switches & servers. Total cost 40K ish.
Trapper Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Fantastic job, and the cab's nice and neat. Like it
dhicks Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 Ooh - we've just outfitted a new ICT suite with SCL's all-in-one PCs: 18 all-in-ones running Windows XP and with two network connections and eSATA ports apiece. -- David Hicks 1
Gatt Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 oooh nice pics! May get SCL to quote us! Been asked to get quotes to revamp 2 of our ICT Suites! though I'm pushing for all 4 ICT Suite! Amazing what OFSTED can do each suite has about 31 PCs so it'd be about 124 if i can get them to do the other 2 as well!
maniac Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 (edited) I must ring SCL too, I like the look of those all in one PCs, they are my prefered type of PC at the moment. Less to move around, less cables and less for the kids to fiddle with! Currently getting quotes for new PCs for 1 of my ICT suites. Hopeing to do a second one later in the year, but it depends how much quotes for revamping the servers and backend of the system come in at. I like the layout of your room ICT_GUY, lots of space in there which is always a plus. Unfortunitely I will be stuck with horrible benches in lines which were installed years ago, there just isn't the budget to change them. Mike. Edited October 11, 2008 by maniac
Gatt Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 Not sure where the schools getting the money from guessing its been OK'd by the Gov's and the LEA after our OFSTED visit! Also replacing about 3/4 of our Projectors! Those All-In-One PCs look good, though my LM is wanting to go with Thin Clients for one site - not sure the load on the TS will handle it however... (30 kids using Photoshop or flash or Dreamweaver??)
ICT_GUY Posted October 12, 2008 Author Posted October 12, 2008 The room whilst a good size, is not really that big. I took the photo with my digital SLR with a fish eye lens then ran it through PSP's fisheye fixer. It allowed me to take a picture of the Cab from 6 inches away! Its a cool bit of kit that I borrowed (the lens), I must buy one for myself but at £200 - £400 its not going to happen this lifetime.
Elky Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Ooh - we've just outfitted a new ICT suite with SCL's all-in-one PCs: 18 all-in-ones running Windows XP and with two network connections and eSATA ports apiece. -- David Hicks Looking good there dhicks. It's good to see pictures of our PCs all set up in their intended environment Thanks for all of your comments guys. If anyone is looking to get quotes for any upcoming PC or server requirements then you know where to find us! Regards
PeterW Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Can you get those all in ones in a 19"? Ben That chassis can take a 19" panel but I'm not sure they are producing that option at the moment, I will get Dan to come back to you when I have confirmation.
Elky Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Hi Ben This is the response we have from the manufacturer.... Hi Peter, We don’t have any of the 19" units in stock at the moment The 19” panels are becoming increasingly harder to source from our supplier as they are not widescreen If we can get anymore of the panels then we will make the units, but until that time we only have the 17" model for distribution I will update you when I hear any updates Kind regards, Sorry if its not the response you were after! Regards
Elky Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 A lot of you have asked us for pricing on the same systems that ICT_GUY has so I thought I would post the details here. They are slim-line desktop PCs with 17" widescreen monitors. If you would prefer standard 4:3 monitors then let us know and we'll sort a quote out for you. Anyway, the spec is... Choice of our RV77 or RV80 slim-line desktop case 945GCM7-F Skt 775 MSI mainboard 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 775 1066FSB 3Mb CPU (replacing the E7200 next week) 80Gb 7200RPM Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive 2Gb DDR 2 RAM 20x Black Serial-ATA DVDRW Drive On-board VGA, sound and Gigabit LAN Front USB & audio 5 year warranty X-Pro multimedia keyboard & optical mouse 17" black & silver widescreen monitor This is available for a price of exactly £300.00 per system. Operating system is not included so let us know what you want and we'll get a quote over to you I've attached images of the RV77 and the RV80 case. Both are very, very sturdy and perfect for the school environment If you have any queries then please get in touch! Regards
Jobos Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 @ICT_Guy @dhicks Nice photos. I’m in the process of planning a new ICT suite and was wondering what you have spaced the machines at? The HT wants our new suite spaced at 600mm which I thought was on the small side. Becta recommends a 1000mm spacing but I bet there are few schools with rooms that big.
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