SCO Unix Server

[Robert Repko]

I have a client that has finally agreed to consider a new server for their filePro application.  Their current server is a Dell PowerEdge 1300, which was purchased in 1999 making it 19 years old.   They are running SCO Unix 5.0.5   The server itself is still going strong, what made them consider a new server was the scare they just had when the server would not boot into Unix.  It wouldn't even allow you to boot into Single-User mode, it would just crash.  What made matters worse was their backups were failing.  I tried mounting their hard drive in my SCO Unix system and mount the drive, even then I could not mount the drive.  It said the hard drive was full and/or the filesystem was corrupt.  I was able to get them back up and running with a new hard drive and tape drive and was finally able to read 1 tape that was backed up July 13.  I told them they were living on borrowed time with a 19 year old server.  The next time they have a problem it will be the server itself and not the hard drive or tape drive.

So my question is has anyone recently setup a new server running SCO Unix. I would prefer to install 5.0.5, but I would go to  5.0.7 if necessary.  If so what server did you use.  I don't see anything on the compatibility list for Dell or HP that I would consider late model, anything on the list is at least 4 generation old.  I could move them to Linux but that would require them to purchase a Linux version of filePro but I'm trying to keep the price down.  My goal would be to use their existing copy of SCO and filePro if at all possible.
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