[nzlug] small business server (the literal term, not microsoft's product)

[Hadley Rich]

On Monday 04 December 2006 14:48, Matthew Diesch wrote:
> I've set up a couple of places using SME-Server on Shuttles. Stick in an
> Athlon 64 (or an Opteron if you're feeling racy) a gig of RAM and a pair of
> decent size sata drives for a mirrored pair and Bob's your mother's
> brother. It'll run seriously more users than 5 on that kind of spec too.
> I've had a couple of these rsync-ing overnight for DR and that's quite cool
> too.

If I may put in my 10c on form factors. Using a Micro-ATX will get you down to 
about the same size as a shuttle for a similar cost and allows you much more 
freedom in parts as you are using standard components rather than 
proprietary.

You can also do neat things like get a 3 drive hotswap cage that fits in 2 x 5 
1/4 bays in a small form factor case.

That said, if you are after "server grade" stuff then neither of our 
suggestions apply.

hads

> On 04/12/06, SIMON WALKDEN <mrsym0r at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > At my work, the boss has (finally) decided to move into the 21st
> > century and look at getting serious with IT. I put my hand up to
> > investigate what's needed and how to make it work, and identified two
> > ways - the microsoft way, and the open source way (my preferred way).
> > It will be for approximately 5 users, and the required services will
> > include postfix, samba, Clam-AV, spam assassin, apache and BIND;
> > possibly getting into openVPN/VNC/LTSP for remote access. My preferred
> > flavour is mandrake.
> >
> > I've spoken to a few different people regarding the hardware, and the
> > vast majority have recommended the hewlett packard HP-ML150 (3ghz
> > intel xeon, 1gb DDR2 ram, 80gb SATA, external SCSI drive). However,
> > all the people I've spoken to about this server have been microsoft
> > people.
> >
> > Has anyone had any experience with this box? Had any trouble setting
> > cronjobs to backup to the SCSI drive?
> >
> > Or can anyone recommend something better than this for a small business?
> >
> > I greatly appreciate any and all feedback.
> >
> > -Simon
> >
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