shrug-l: Hardware

Tue Mar 4 10:50:23 EST 2008

The UPS is a must - I was actually able to get one for the work station
as well as the plotter - that way no print job was lost due to "hiccup"
- which did occur from time to time before - and when your in the middle
of a print job that takes20+ minutes (or more) and the power glitches -
a UPS is a wonderful thing.

Joseph Sowers

PST Compliance Program / GIS

Environmental Health Division

Pinellas County Health Department

joseph_sowers at doh.state.fl.us

727-538-7277 xt. 1133

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From: Tripp Corbin [mailto:tcorbin at keckwood.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 10:29 AM
To: Sandell, Keith M.; Sowers, Joseph; shrug-l at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: RE: shrug-l: Hardware

I concur with both of these suggestions. When I gave our GIS and
Drafting techs dual monitors I saw a production increase of 15% which
paid for the additional monitors quickly.

Tripp Corbin, MCP, CFM, GISP

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From: shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us on behalf of Sandell, Keith
M.
Sent: Tue 3/4/2008 10:26 AM
To: Joseph_Sowers at doh.state.fl.us; shrug-l at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: RE: shrug-l: Hardware

Concur. I didn't realize the specs didn't include that. We got dual
widescreen 19s. In retrospect I wish I would have gone for the 20s. 

A UPS may also be a good idea to support any processes/tools/models that
are left running for extended periods. I've lost hours of work because
of hiccups in the power system.

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From: shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of
Joseph_Sowers at doh.state.fl.us
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 10:13 AM
To: shrug-l at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: RE: shrug-l: Hardware

Good information here; I also recommended dual monitors if at all
possible for ease of working with multiple windows.

Joseph Sowers

PST Compliance Program / GIS

Environmental Health Division

Pinellas County Health Department

joseph_sowers at doh.state.fl.us

727-538-7277 xt. 1133

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communications to or from state officials regarding state business are
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e-mail communication may therefore be subject to public disclosure.

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From: Sandell, Keith M. [mailto:sandell.keith at mail.dc.state.fl.us] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 10:01 AM
To: Michael Bryant; shrug-l at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: RE: shrug-l: Hardware

Department of Corrections just started a GIS shop. We started with basic
computers; some one leaped before they looked. We upgraded shortly
after.

Attached are the specs for what we are running. Haven't seen any
problems with this setup.

Good luck.

Keith Sandell

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From: shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Michael
Bryant
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:27 AM
To: shrug-l at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: shrug-l: Hardware

Good Morning,

I am looking for computer hardware recommendations (CPU, RAM, VIDEO
CARD, ETC.) for running ArcGIS. We have a system I would like to
upgrade, and would welcome any advice. I have been researching this
issue, but I figure this message board is the best place to get real
world info on hardware that performs with ArcGIS. Being a local
government, funding will be an issue, so I won't be able to buy cutting
edge hardware most likely.

ArcGIS Desktop 9.2

Data is all personal geodatabase

WinXP Pro

Thanks,

Mike Bryant

Engineering Services Manager

City of Fort Walton Beach

Engineering Division

mbryant at fwb.org

850-833-9647

850-833-9926  fax

850-833-9925  TDD

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