I really hate to do this but you will first want to start with a budget and
then try to fit what fits into that budget. As an aside you might want to look
at upgrading to at least 2008 R2 or better 2012, have at least 2 DC's, and get
all the file/print off the DC when you go this route.
Jon
From: jnat...@hotmail.com
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:43:30 -0400
Company background,
30 yrs old, started with 2 guys, went to to computers in the late 90's had
about 20 users, 1 W2k server and a 120 gb SNAP-
Fast forward , 2008, 30 users, sql 2005 DB (consultant at the time ) installs
a new 1U 2003 80gb raid server for sql DB , and another 1U server with a
mirrored 750gb drive , serving as DC/File/Print/DNS Server.
Fast Forward 2013 - single site , single domain
1. ESXi hosting a VM 2008 Citrix TS, and a VM 2003 DC (no storage really
available)
1. Windows 2012 Hyper-V host, SAS mirror for host OS, raid 10 2TB for guest
OS', currently one guest, 2012 with Exchange 2013.
Now there are 60 users, (still using original 2003 for File Print and DNS) and
storage demands, as we all know are increasing exponentially, so I get the "we
need more storage " so this begs the question, new server 2u (R710 maybe) , or
a NAS 8 or 12 bays maybe-
As an aside, majority of the users use basic office files, but there are about
a dozen that deal with CAD Audio and Video
I want this solution to be good for 3-5 years
Jean-Paul Natola
