Coming from an IT/Ops background, often the answer is, know the Ops/sysad folk in a small shop, and be around when they're upgrading. Apart from that, places l

Coming from an IT/Ops background, often the answer is, know the Ops/sysad folk in a small shop, and be around when they're upgrading. Apart from that, places like www.weirdstuff.com might exist in your area, and have stuff like this laying around for pennies on the dollar.