There are almost an infinite combination of possible bits of hardware you could purchase.
My suggestion is you get some requirements - here are some categories that might assist you in gathering: a) End user capabilities/experience b) Interfaces, integration and interoperability c) Performance d) Capacity/Scalability e) Security f) Business continuity/recovery g) Availability h) Audit & compliance i) Support & Maintenance j) Operating Model k) Cross-functional & Other Work out /what/ you need first, then you can work out /how/ you meet that need. Cheers Ken From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Monday, 24 June 2013 12:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server-Budget Update i just figured getting the r3412 there would be no need for the VRTX- but if you have alternate options- PLEASE share Jean-Paul Natola > Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 18:46:31 -0700 > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server-Budget Update > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 6:12 PM, J- P > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > So , somehow the client doubled the budget to 10k > > > > So I am looking at the synology 3412RPxs > > > > and I am debating weather to purchase a new host box- or upgrade the the > > curent r300 to a full 24gb of ram- > > > > this would allow me to add at least another 3 guests- as i do not need > > storage on it due to having the synology 3412 > > > > So I would have in the end > > > > Host A win 2012 with 2 guests > > > > guest 1) Exchange 2013 with 16gb ram > > guest 2) 2012 DC 4gb > > > > Host B) VShere (24 gb ram) > > > > Guest 1) 2008 citrix / TS 2 gb ram > > > > Guest 2) 2012 DC 2 gb ram > > > > Guest 3) 2012 print/ file server (16 gb ram ) with ISCSCI data held on > > synology > > > > > > Physical server - running 2003 with sql 2005 (currently in existence- if > > aint broke don't fix it) > > > > The only thing I would like for additional redundancy is have another SQL > > on "standby" and another Exchange on standby- Not sure how the licensing > > works on that > > > > Any feedback would be GREATLY appreciated > > I hadn't been aware of the Dell VRTX units before this conversation, > and they seem extremely attractive for this situation. > > Kurt > >
