It appears the ETS server is dying. One drive is dead, and another is flaky and if it goes we are down. The server is 5 years old anyway. We are looking at our options. The server not only hosts ETS, it also hosts Knife Rights and all our email as well. Since the beginning this has been provided gratis by Dave Pulver who is no longer really in that business and it is probably time to move on.
It sounds like a hardware issue. You specifically mentioned the hard drives. Have you considered replacing the hard drive(s)? Would anyone at location know how to install a new hard drive?
If not, I have an older computer I am not using and I am willing to ship it to you free of charge if you could use it. I checked the requirements for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Edition and the machine meets those requirements.
Here are the specifications of the computer.
1400MHz Pentium 4, 133MHz FSB
1GB 133MHz SDRAM
120GB ATA hard drive
I could add a second hard drive if you need it. The second hard drive would be smaller.
Jeanette Isabelle