There's a difference between being asked the last four digits of your SSN vs. it being exposed for anyone on your network to find out. That's a risk and you're liable. How about you post the last four digits of your SSN for all to see?
Also under FERPA, SSNs, even portions of it, are defined as...
You store the last 4 digits of SSN in AD? You know anyone with a valid login can query for it. I wouldn't like the last 4 digits of my SSN being "exposed" to other employees.
As others have mentioned, buy from a reputable OEM such as Dell. You will want warranty. Buy memory separately to save on cost.
Save the homegrown solution for the home.
We've been a Comcast EDI subscriber for the past 3 years. Excellent service. Very competitive pricing. We're doubling up circuit with them this summer.
Only thing to watch out for is contacting the NOC for issues can be spotty. I've only had to call them once a couple years ago, and when I did...
I have a two Netgear XS712T (12 port version) switches w/ one of the ports used to bridge the two together, mainly for redundancy. As others have mentioned, yes it's loud, and it pushes some serious air, but it's in my data center so who cares about noise.
Connected to a three virtual host...