Re: Server Upgrade
- From: "Jabez Gan [MVP]" <mingteikg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:08:00 +0800
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Jabez Gan
Microsoft MVP: Windows Server - File Storage
"KenM" <KenM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:656ED310-669E-489E-BF7A-9D4F8172A339@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'm replacing a Dell poweredge sc420 that I have used for a server for the
past year and a half. I don't have a lot of experience with servers, the
SC420 was my first attempt at running SBS2003. I want to make sure that I'm
purchasing something that will give me much better performance as well as
reliability. My old machine has 2 80gb sata drives on a raid 1. Here is a
description of the new machine.
It's a poweredge 2900 with a Quad Core Xeon Processor E53352x4MB Cache,
2.0GHz, 1333MHz FSB, I chose 4GB 667MHz (4X1GB), Dual Ranked Fully Buffered
DIMMs vs 8x512. I don't know if I was better off with the single ranked 512
or the dual ranked 1gb.
Depending on what u going to do with the server, but dual rankedd 1GB offers better performance.
I chose a Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 5 PERC 5/i
Integrated. I got 3 - 73GB 15K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug
HardDrives. I will be running Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 R2 with
SP2 Standard Edition. For a NIC I got Embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II5708
GigabitEthernet NIC. I had them put a cd-rw/dvd drive in it. Also getting
Redundant Power Supply with Dual Cords for PowerEdge 2900.
For backup I will be getting RD1000, Ext USB Drive with bundled SW, and 3-
Removable Hard Disk Cartridge for RD1000, 80GB Native/ 160GB Comp. Also
purchased Symantec Backup Exec v11d Small Business Server Suite.
Now is this a good setup? My network consists of 4 client computers running
XP pro, and 3 network printers.
For 4 clients, the specs is too good, but it's harmless ;)
All clients access the internet. We also
connect to our computers from home using remote access. I plan on adding 2
more clients eventually, but won't ever really need much more. We run
Quickbooks in multiuser environment, UPS Worldship, and we use Outlook Office
for shared contact list, calendar, etc. Will this be much faster than my
old machine which was a Pentium 4.
Yes
Also, Dell sets the entire thing up on one partition.
Reconfigure into 2 or 3 partitions. System partition, you can allocate 40GB. Install and configure to use Data on D or E partition.
C partition use RAID1. Data partition (D or E) use RAID 5.
In the past I had
reconfigured (reinstalled) everything to put operating system on C:
partition, Data for exchange & fax & other shared files on D: partition, and
other program files like outlook, and client apps on e: partition. I know
nothing about how raid 5 works. I just finally figured out raid 1. should I
leave it the way it comes for now, or would I be better off starting over
when I get it and reinstalling? Will it work the same as raid 1? In the
past I created array ( build/clear it), then I install sbs, created
partitions and then completed install with the above partitions.
Also, NIC. Do I want 1 or 2. I'm real confused about the way to go with
this. I've been reading the community a lot and I get mixed things. And am
I going to have problems with the NIC installed in that computer.
Get 2 for better performance in the future. If you only need one currently, have the other one disabled in Windows.
Any advise is appreciated.
Thanks, Ken
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