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A console server provides a very valuable function in a modern office that uses more than one computer. It allows all the computers and servers to link together so their information can be accessed from one central location. With a number of models available, an individual buyer can find one with the right specifications. The simpler models cost slightly more than one hundred dollars. More elaborate ones will run upwards of one thousand dollars or more.

Costs increase if securing the computer data in your office is an important consideration. Secure servers prevent open access to confidential information. That kind of privacy raises the basic price to a range of approximately two hundred fifty to three hundred dollars, with larger models going for more than two thousand dollars.

Secondhand servers can be found, but one takes a risk when going that route. New models come with warranties so that the manufacturer maintains responsibility should any of the parts not function well. If an office encounters problems with a new model, it may cause a little inconvenience to wait for the manufacturers replacement to arrive. Yet it would prove much more problematical and ultimately more costly to buy an entirely different server after the used one has broken down.

Refurbished servers provide a happy medium between used and completely new models. Prices will run in the middle range, and warranties are usually included. Keep in mind the particular needs of your office, and you will make the right purchase, whether new, used, or refurbished.

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