What do you think will be the usage in 3-5 years? If that's what you're planning for, then you need to have some idea of what that is.
Frankly, for that size environment, anything over 18-24 months is pure speculation, and you'll spend more wisely by planning for only 2 years rather than 5. Things change. Especially when you're talking a budget of $5K *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:02 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: > Already planned, VM 2003dc will become 2012 DC > and current "all in one" 2003 dc will become 2012 DC (already have the > Cals) > > that will give me 2 dedicated 2012 DC's > > Looking to stay under 5k, and I have no problems with Dell outlet r510 or > r710 - > > just trying to decide NAS or Server, and of course I dont need to populate > all the drive bays right away, heck there used to a > 7200k sata1 mirror- > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server > Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:51:19 -0400 > > > 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: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > 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 > >
