Hey everyone--going to say thanks for even reading this (let alone for any suggestions) before I start.
I work from home with a buddy. It's a two story building with a "warehouse" out in a secured garage outside. The computers look like this:
Two main computers that we use in the office
One computer in the garage (w/ a wireless card, as running wires would be a pain)
One computer in the basement (w/ a wireless card, as running wires would be a pain)
Two laptops (not necessary, but we use in the house)
I'd like for all of these computers to be on a network that saves everything on a server (the computer garage could be the server if needbe, or we can have the server somewhere in the house). I'm upgrading all computers in the next month, so they should all have the necessary software for us (one new laptop and two new PCs).
I want to be able to log into any of these computers in either my name or my coworkers name (and be able to change anything on one, then log into the other and access the changes...you know, like a network should be)
I'd also like the computer in the garage to be wireless (we can have a laptop out there, that would be fine).
My questions:
What's the best server to set up (HP, Dell...going to use a newer server that uses SAS 2.5" drives, and we don't need much storage (I think a couple 73gb drives would be more than fine for now)
What software should be used? I'm assuming win 7/8 home would suffice?
Any other info/help would be greatly appreciated!
I'd be willing to give paypal to anyone who helps walk me through this, or you can just be a kind soul ;-)
Dane
I work from home with a buddy. It's a two story building with a "warehouse" out in a secured garage outside. The computers look like this:
Two main computers that we use in the office
One computer in the garage (w/ a wireless card, as running wires would be a pain)
One computer in the basement (w/ a wireless card, as running wires would be a pain)
Two laptops (not necessary, but we use in the house)
I'd like for all of these computers to be on a network that saves everything on a server (the computer garage could be the server if needbe, or we can have the server somewhere in the house). I'm upgrading all computers in the next month, so they should all have the necessary software for us (one new laptop and two new PCs).
I want to be able to log into any of these computers in either my name or my coworkers name (and be able to change anything on one, then log into the other and access the changes...you know, like a network should be)
I'd also like the computer in the garage to be wireless (we can have a laptop out there, that would be fine).
My questions:
What's the best server to set up (HP, Dell...going to use a newer server that uses SAS 2.5" drives, and we don't need much storage (I think a couple 73gb drives would be more than fine for now)
What software should be used? I'm assuming win 7/8 home would suffice?
Any other info/help would be greatly appreciated!
I'd be willing to give paypal to anyone who helps walk me through this, or you can just be a kind soul ;-)
Dane