Re: Server Recommendations...

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 05/01/04 

Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 15:41:30 -0400

I can't answer all your questions, but some here are some basic rules of
thumb I hope you'll find helpful as guidelines...

Exchange & SQL should be on their own separate *member* servers - they're
both resource hogs
Have at least two domain controllers
Have several GC servers
File/print should not be on a DC if at all possible
Re website - if you plan to host a publicly accessible website, firstly make
sure it's in a DMZ, not on your LAN - and I would probably not go with a
Windows box for that purpose at all.

I'm sure plenty of others will chime in with more answers to your specific
questions...

Swifty_SySoP wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> We are currently doing research for an overhaul of our servers at our
> district. We are going to move to Windows Server 2003 to replace our
> aging Novell system.
>
> According to our plan, we need to run several applications to support
> approx. 1200 users as well as a website for our district.
>
> We would like to be able to run:
>
> Active Directory
> DHCP
> DNS
> WINS
> Exchange 2003
> File and Print Services
> SQL Server 2000
> IIS (ASP.Net, Front Page Extensions, and FTP also)
> Software Update Services
> Systems Management Server
> Symantec Ghost
> Anti-virus apps (Sophos)
>
>
> My main questions are:
>
> Question 1:
> How many servers are we going to need to be able to run all of these
> services?
>
> Question 2:
> What are the recommended Specs for these servers?
>
> Question 3:
> How should we break up the server roles listed above?
>
> Question 4:
> We are currently running on a 100 megabit network. Should we start
> looking at gigabit networking?
>
>
> If you need any more info, please feel free to ask for it on this
> thread.
>
> Thanks for all of the help!

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