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25th June 2008, 07:46 AM
|  | TST Oracle | | Join Date: Dec 2007, 8,001 posts. Location: Market Haemorrhoids, Middle England Reputation:  | | | Server Spec v. Hi Spec workstation
Anyone like to venture an opinion about what a server in a small LAN of max 6 machines should contain that a decent or hi spec workstation does not have - other than perhaps a larged hard drive?
Any opinions most welcome!
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25th June 2008, 12:03 PM
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The first question I always ask someone that I am building a system for is - what's it gonna be used for?
An answer to that can hugely impact advice. 
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25th June 2008, 02:03 PM
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Sorry Rik - should have said - it is for a small office doing small office things and word and excel and powerpoint and so on. Nothing much and not much in the way of file storage required.]
cheers
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28th June 2008, 10:02 AM
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Well for starters. Do they want Internet connectivity? And are they worried about speed?
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28th June 2008, 10:29 AM
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I have found that small offices such as you describe usually do not really need a server. If they are just looking for a central place to store their files, a dedicated PC with a large hardrive will do just fine. If on the otherhand, they have mission critical apps that need to be hosted, need an email server, or have a need for hot swappable raid drives, then perhaps a dedicated server is needed.
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1st July 2008, 09:49 PM
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If there's a router somewhere, maybe connect a NAS drive to it?
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1st July 2008, 09:54 PM
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Good idea Dave - I can add this later as I have opted for a mirror array on the server to keep the price down. We can tweak the spec once we have a better idea of the workload in the place!
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1st July 2008, 09:56 PM
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Glad I could be of service  hehe.
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