Re: Minimum specs for SBS 2003 Premium

On 2006-03-09 09:16:09 -0600, DC <user@xxxxxxxxxx> said:

Hi,

We are being offered a great deal on a HP server with SBS 2003 Premium. Specs are:

HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Server + Microsoft Small Business Server - Premium Edition
* Intel Pentium 4 Processor 640, 3.2GHz
* Microsoft® Windows® 2003 Small Business Server - Premium Edition
* 2GB RAM
* Four port SATA controller with integrated SATA RAID 0, 1
* 2 x 80GB Hot Plug SATA 7,200rpm Hard Drive
* Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) Standard Management

I'm thinking about upgrading to the Pentium D option. The server would mostly be used for file and print and email (we do a lot of email). However ISA may also be used to terminate a VPN and to publish OWA. It may also be used as a web proxy (although I'm tempted to install Squid on our firewall).

We have less than 20 users.

Is this box likely to be adequate for the task? I haven't used SATA RAID
controllers before. Are there likely to be any issues with them?

Any comments would be appreciated.

Thanks.

My only comments are that I'd recommend looking at more RAM (especially if you're going to run SQL on the server) and try to go with RAID 5 for improved disk performance. Otherwise, the specs look good.

-Eriq
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