You don't specify size of office so here is a generalization. This is based on office size of less than 25 users.
What I would do is use Server 2012 Standard as the host. Then create 2 VMs. The first VM would run Server 2012 Essentials and the second VM would run Server 2012 Standard. Server 2012 Essentials covers you as the DC and file & print. The second VM with Server 2012 Standard allows you to run SQL or some other database separately. You'll have to determine what the hardware will look like. From: Hank . [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Virtualization in small office I deal mostly with SMB. Virtualization is a great fit if you have a number of physical servers. But what about a single server situation? I have a couple replacements coming up where there is a single server that is a DC, file and print, runs SQL or some other database for their LOB and thats it. Is it overkill to say setup 2012 Hyper-V and set up one guest server? It doesn't cost any more because server standard comes with two virtual licenses. Both places currently backup to a NAS so I could just install Veeam in order to get incremental backups vs just installing a new physical server and OS and say using Shadowprotect to backup. Any thoughts appreciated. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
