I think the HP ML series will give you what you want and easily in that price range. Heck you might get into their DL rack servers with hot swap drives and all that for that kind of money....depending on how much storage you need.
https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/HPE-ProLiant-DL380-Gen9-Special-pricing-while-supplies-last/4205135.aspx?pfm=srh -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 7:59 PM To: ntsysadm <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Server build recommendation The quote from Dell that I saw (and on which they were going to pull the trigger today, until I talked with them) was a around $3500, and included Server Essentials. That struck me as being a bit rich, especially since it only included a software RAID controller. Man, I hate those things. I want a real RAID controller, not something that requires a special Windows-only driver, from both a speed/reliability and a recovery standpoint. In this situation it's probably overkill to specify a hotswap configuration, though. Kurt On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 3:58 PM, Gordon Pegue <[email protected]> wrote: > Do they have a budget Kurt? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > 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 > >
