Re: New Install of SBS 2003?

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Thanks again for the input. I talked with the pastor today and he and I
agreed we may be better off just looking at a new machine altogether. 4 year
old technology is pusing our luck we think. Once I figure in the cost of at
least 3 hard drives and adding ram and then looking at the software, it may
be cheaper to upgrade totally with a faster processor, a second NIC and all
the storage I would need, plus the software installed. (I'd probably build
the machine localy and have them install the sofware at my local computer
guru's shop after I buy it with the charity license.) Your advice is very
helpful and will be taken to heart. We particularly need to look at the
redundancy issue.

Now for my ignorance - what do tou mean by a hot spare? I thionk I know
but I don't want to assume. I do alot of computer work at church but I'm
still a novice in some areas. (Hence getting my local guru to assist so I
have some help in the set-up process.)

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

In news:2BAF2647-9207-411B-97B1-4D7D661514FF@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Dan <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Thanks for the input. We have been using it as a central computer on
our peer to peer. At one point I ran netware6 with it and it did
okay -

It might do "okay" now, but it isn't ideal, and since you have the chance to
think about this before proceeding with an install on hardware that may not
stand the test of time, it's a good idea...

software was problematic for us though so we went peer to
peer. I have thought we need to have at least a mirror drive on the
system if we don't use RAID.

Mirroring is technically a form of RAID, but doesn't provide enough
redundancy in my book.

Any other suggestions? I may just need
to replace the whole box and start fresh.

Can you add in a RAID controller and get SCSI drives? even SATA?

For such a small network you could get away with a single RAID5 array with a
hotspare, which would require a minimum of 4 drives. There are other, more
elaborate options out there, depending on your budget.

I'd also want 1GB RAM in the server, minimum. RAM is cheap enough.




"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

In news:5DCB29E2-FCDF-4678-B359-CD5194E819C0@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Dan <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Here is the updated information on our specs.

We have a server tower designed to hold multiple harddisks. However
I only have one plain old everyday Standard IDE ATA disk on the
machine for now.

That's not a good idea. I wouldn't use this box as is for a server.


It is a 60 gig drive. There is also the obligatory
floppy drive and CD ROM. The RAM for the machine is at 512 MB. The
processor is an Intel Pentium4 at
1.7 ghz.

My Router is currently a Linksys BEFSR41 with 4 ports. Attached to
that I have another Linksys Switch - it is the 16 port EZXS16W
switch. Our internet connection is through a broadband with the
local cable company.

Since you don't have a robust firewall, either get one - or use ISA
in conjunction with your Linksys gateway appliance (it isn't a
firewall).


The computer is approximately 4 years old so we may be needing to
think of replacement anyway (atleast for the drives). Any advice on
what to do or if this system will work for SBS?

I wouldn't. Don't get people used to relying on a centralized server
that can't handle the load. You have no disk redundancy and that's
likely going to come back to bite you in the ___. If they can't
afford good server hardware, with hardware (ideally SCSI, although
SATA has been catching up) RAID and a hotspare, I wouldn't put a
server in at all.




Wow - I appreciate the help. The response has been great!

"Dan" wrote:

I currently managethe computers in our church. We have been using
peer-to-peer networking after a horrible experience with another
company's product. The problem is 9 computers talking on a
peer-to-peer is bogging down the system (to say the least). I am
considering going to SBS 2003 (possibly premium). My question is -
will the server I put it on, curently running Windows XP Pro, be
completely overwritten when I install the software? (The server is
designed as a server but when I dumped the software aforementioned,
I just installed XP pro.) The computer I want to use meets all
requirements. It only has one network card - do I need to installl
another and run the high speed internet through it instead of the
open network?
One last question - will my current configuaton of router/switch by
linksys be sufficient? Thanks Dan Mefford, Associate Pastor




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