Newbie to SBS2003
- From: catphishum@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 24 Aug 2006 12:06:25 -0700
Good Afternoon - My company is doing some network upgrades & it looks
like we are going to go with SBS2003 Premium. We are a small outfit,
with about 10 workstations, & would like to have the many built in
functionalities SBS offers, along with ease of use I have read about.
I have been lurking on google groups over the past few weeks & am very
impressed with the level of support in this NG. I have some questions
regarding SBS & wonder if you folks can give me any assistance -
We have decided on a Dell Power Edge 2900 server to house SBS on. It
seems to be a decent midrange server & will be fine for us for several
years. I've configured just about everything to my liking, but I'm a
little confused on the RAID section of choices under hard drives. Why
do I want RAID & will this be easy to manage once selected? Do most of
you recommend a certain RAID configuration over another? I see, RAID
0, 1, 5, or 10. There seems to be two types of primary controllers - a
PERC 5/i or SAS 5/i. I can't find any documentation as to recommend
which to go with. Any suggestions? There are also striped vs. mirrored
configurations. It is all very confusing.
Also, what is a flex bay? This particular model offers a 1x2 flex bay,
which it appears that you can put hard drives in. Does anyone
recommend this solution, and if so, for what reason?
In reading about different configurations for Servers running SBS2003,
it seems like many recommend the 2 NIC configuration, w/1 NIC going to
the internet (DSL in our case) and the other NIC going to the network
switch. I found an overview of setting this up at -
http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=266&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=76
Is this the configuration you pros on this NG recommend?
For Backup, I read that smaller organizations would do okay by rotating
3 External USB HD's. This sounds like a cheap & easy solution for us.
We really don't need to invest alot in a tape drive config. Also, I
read that it is wise to install SBS at least 3 times before putting it
into production. I think I will take that advice when the time comes,
as it will be new to me.
Any other suggestions are highly appreciated, as is any feedback to my
questions. Thanks so much for your help on this...
Brian
Memphis, TN
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