Need a server and looking for some other perspectives, input, feedback, etc! Chime in and lets have a great discussion.
Purpose:
So several people have said "just go to Dell and pickup a PowerEdge tower like a T320". But there are so many blasted options with those as well as it may not be the most economical approach. Hence, the discussions i'm trying to get through this thread.
I assume we will be running Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008 (the proprietary software requires Server 2008 version only).
What would you suggest we do? Build ourselves? Buy a Dell/HP tower server? Buy one from eBay or another source like Dell Outlet?
What specs do we need? To me it seems like CPU/memory isn't as important as hard disk speed and network speeds.
Purpose:
- 15 to 20 Users
- Act as a File Server
- Need to desginate who has access to what file shares (Active Directory)
- Will be running a proprietary software application that about 10 users will be tapping for information
- I assume we will be running VM's on just one box (unless the discussion says otherwise). With this assumption then the proprietary software will also need to be public facing so it should be in DMZ. Can we do this with one physical server, having some VM's public facing and some VM's like the DC and file server internal or will it require two physical servers, one in DMZ and one behind firewall inside network?
- This is for a Business that requires that the server be operational for the 15 to 20 employees to do their job. So would need redundancy or easily swappable parts. I'm thinking dual power supplies or atleast power supply and an additional one in the same room new to swap incase of failure. mirroring hard disk. Etc
So several people have said "just go to Dell and pickup a PowerEdge tower like a T320". But there are so many blasted options with those as well as it may not be the most economical approach. Hence, the discussions i'm trying to get through this thread.
I assume we will be running Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008 (the proprietary software requires Server 2008 version only).
What would you suggest we do? Build ourselves? Buy a Dell/HP tower server? Buy one from eBay or another source like Dell Outlet?
What specs do we need? To me it seems like CPU/memory isn't as important as hard disk speed and network speeds.