shrug-l: Hardware

Tue Mar 4 10:57:40 EST 2008

Amen on the UPS! Our people used to watch hours of work disappear. Now we continue on without losing a beat while everyone around us is groaning when there's a power glitch.

David L. Carson, Jr.
Senior GIS Analyst
Operations & Management
Hillsborough County Water Resource Services
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Tampa, FL 33602
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>>> <Joseph_Sowers at doh.state.fl.us> 3/4/2008 10:50 AM >>>

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.

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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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

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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