They are pretty long in the tooth at this point, but I've had very good luck with Lenovo TS140s. Cheap and reliable, has full KVM remote access at the BIOS level which is good for emergency situations.
The two big things I have for small servers are SSDs and to virtualize them. I use the built-in RAID1 with Samsung Pro 850s, not the highest end setup but I've had few issues. On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 5:58 PM, Gordon Pegue <[email protected]> wrote: > Do they have a budget Kurt? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 4:46 PM > To: ntsysadm <[email protected]> > Subject: [NTSysADM] Server build recommendation > > The owner of a small 5-6 person property management company has > approached me to help acquire a new server. They're currently running > a 10+yo machine with SBS 2003, and wish to replace it. > > They've migrated their email to gmail, so don't need exchange, but do > want a DC for account management, DHCP/DNS, etc., so they're looking > to go with Server Essentials. > > The fellow he's nominated at his firm to be their sysadmin is quite > green, and got a quote from Dell for a tower box with a software RAID > card, and I told them to hold off on that purchase, while I look at > alternatives. > > I was leaning toward an HP Microserver, but haven't played with one in > years, and it looks like the current generation is using an AMD > processor, and doesn't come with a RAID card to support RAID1. > > Anyone have a recommendation they can make regarding hardware? > > Kurt > > >
