We recently purchased a T610 and a T710 from Dell outlet (if you are not set on a exact configuration you can save a bunch). Were running MS Small business server which provides licenses for both servers. We have been happy with both. One think to note, the T710 is larger (deeper) than it looks online.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James E Harvey Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: new server advice We've gotten a couple quotes for a new server to replace the two older boxes we now have. I thought we could combine the two old HP servers into one using VMware to virtualize the software. One VM would be for Terminal Services and Docuware (our document imaging software), the other would be for file/print share to handle all our business applications, written in VFP of course. One vendor mentioned a concern that using virtualization does cause performance issues, and I'm worried that using VM would put us back a step in that area? Here are the specs for the two Dells. I'm considering looking into HP, which is what we have now. Both servers will be running Win Server 2008R2 Dell T610 specs: 16GB Mem Single Intel Xeon E5620 2.4 Ghz Processor (5) 146GB 15K RPM SCSI Hotplug hard drives, Raid 5 Dell T710 specs: 12 GB Mem (2) Intel Xeon Proc (6) 300 GB 10K RPM Some of my thoughts on this project: We're scanning most our documents now, so we'd like to plan for enough HD for the next three years. Don't want to implement something that is going to be of lessor performance that what we have now. We have about 25 users and performance is good now. Main Server duties: Active Directory File/Print share (for all our business applications written in VFP) Terminal Services (only a few users use this) Docuware (document imaging software) Does using VM make sense for our purpose, or is it overkill. Any general thoughts, ideas, and or advice appreciated. James E Harvey Corresponding Officer/M.I.S. Hanover Shoe Farms, Inc. www.hanoverpa.com [email protected] 717-637-8931 fax: 717-637-6766 cell: 717-887-2565 [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/000001cc416a$b9cd4c80$2d67e580$@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
