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I know I have mentioned about the server upgrade from time to time in conversations with various people, but I just realized that I never posted any static information on the forums.... Oops!
So, here it is.
I obtained the current server hardware from my previous employer when they were upgrading their systems. I got it for free since they were paying a recycler to take them away. All I had to do was buy hard drives as those were destroyed before they left the building per company policy. The server is setup as a RAID which duplicates files on the hard drive on another one. This allows easy hard drive changing in the even if a hard drive did die. Our server currently has six 36.4 GB hard drives which gives us roughly 102.6 GB of disk space due to the RAID system. Right now, we are using 68 GB of it for the Minecraft servers and back ups. The backups eat up the disk space fast and I have to clear these out every 30 days or so. The server also has about 8 GB of RAM or memory which...