To All,
I am looking for some ideas in-order to assist a friend of mine who has a small
business that recently has received a seven (7) year old Dell Server that has
little to none of this past seven years on this server for wear. He says that
he wishes to use this server as a NAS, but then starts to going into his other
interests
like :
Using it for a centrally located Excel or Open Office Calc spreadsheet that he
uses for his business's work orders. (needs network version to accomplish)A
plain paper central Fax system for dial-in.PCI compliant processing credit card
processor.Shared NAS VPN Server.Shared Act (BIM) Server for the dial-ins.
These are but just a few of his ideas, and if you have noticed the operating
system has not been discussed, but he has Windows XP and Office 2003, but he
is open to other systems. (even though he is leaning M$). The Server is
already loaded with Win2K Server software with VMWare Server with two (2)
VMachines loaded and setup with Win 2003 Server.
Personally I would suggest for the system to be reformatted and setup again as
a VM Server, but with either a FreeBSD or Linux Host and other VMachines as
Servers to handle his other concerns possibly. He already has two (2) Server
on his existing Network. One is Windows (XP ?) and the other is a Unbuntu.
I am interested in any information on systems that are already setup and
working in these areas and/or any suggestions from members who have setup one
or two of his interests and how they accomplished these interests.
I will thank any and all who will send their experiences to me for their help,
in advance.
My Regards,
Harvey R.
Systems Integrator
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