Pipestone County approves small VM host server purchase to address RAM shortage
Mar 10, 2026
Mar 10, 2026
County IT staff (agenda item added for Bill Fier) recommended buying a smaller virtual-machine host to redistribute RAM, noting warranty and fan-cost tradeoffs; the board approved the recommended electronic equipment purchase.
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A county staff member identified on the agenda as Bill Fier asked the board to approve purchasing a smaller VM host to address current RAM shortages in the county’s server environment. He said the plan is to split RAM from a larger box into the new unit "and that'll buy us some time" while hardware prices stabilize.
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