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The server had a name: CHI-DC-04. It would authenticate payroll, push GPOs, hold the company's netlogon share. It would run for nine years, through two office moves, one acquisition, and the slow, sad transition to Exchange 2010.

Setup inspected the hardware. Loaded the slipstreamed HP driver. Detected the RAID array. Formatted the boot partition as NTFS — not quick format, because Leo was old-school and wanted to test every sector. The server had a name: CHI-DC-04

"It's complaining about the array controller again," said Maya, not looking up from her Dell Latitude D620. She had the MSDN subscriber DVD binder open on her lap — the thick black one with the foam inserts and the silver discs that cost more than most people's rent. Setup inspected the hardware

Leo wiped the condensation off his third can of Jolt Cola and stared at the blinking amber light on the HP ProLiant DL380 G4. The rack groaned behind him, a choir of forty-seven fans spinning at 10,000 RPM. Outside the window, the Chicago skyline flickered with early November rain. Formatted the boot partition as NTFS — not