How much ongoing effort are you willing to put in to maintain and patch and support the infrastructure? Is there enough going on that they need be so many distinct servers?

Sometimes 'close enough' is appropriate -- there's a few different linux based all-in-one appliances out there which handles the vpn, ftp, file, print, www, mysql, antivirus, antispam, email, groupware and so forth.

You pay a bit of a premium in capital expenditure (though, not as much as Microsoft Small Business Server) but gain a whole pile of time back that can be better spent on pursing business goals, not monkeying with systems.

Contact me directly if you want to know more about the appliance route.

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Trever Miller
Cyberdex Systems Consulting Corp.
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