Re: SBS 2003 Server Recommendations

seconded, and

from my thoughts on such
http://www.supergumby.dyndns.org/changehardware/partitioning.htm (Troy can
skip the 1st bit, he's already smartly decided to use fast SCSI drives)
There's a nice little arrangement of 6 HDD's which people like, I may even
do it m'self:

a.. Array 1, RAID1, 2 HDD's
a.. Partition1 OS, 20-30GB
b.. Partition2 is the remaining space
b.. Array 2, RAID5, 3 HDD's
a.. Probably partitioned so that Shadow Copies can be controlled
c.. The 6th HDD is a global hotspare (most RAID controllers support global
hotspare but CHECK)
Remember, SBS is RAM and HDD IO intense rather than CPU bound. I do however
prefer to use Xeon processors but probably midrange to save a few bucks.

and a noob may want some hints on installation:
Number one is INSTALL SBS 3 TIMES BEFORE YOU PUT A SYSTEM INTO PRODUCTION.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/kwsupport/archive/2006/08/17/107981.aspx

or maybe here
http://www.sbs-rocks.com/sbs2k3/sbs2003-1.htm

don't skip this one
http://www.sbsfaq.com/default.aspx

and goto here
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2005/04/07/41246.aspx

and here
http://www.smallbizserver.net/

and more from Susan
http://www.sbslinks.com/

and a thought on colocation:
Colocating two boxes (SBS+TS) raises your cost. I'd really look closely at
the possibility of using one slightly beefier box (dual Xeon, 6-8GB RAM,
Windows Server x64) and virtualising SBS, possibly virtualising the TS or
maybe using the host system as TS Apps mode server. There's a bugbear here
concerning SBS Premium which would seem to already be specified, ISA and
virtualisation don't play together, however Troy doesn't actually mention
ISA so it may not be such a big deal.

"Steve" <newsgroup@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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With SQL I recommend putting in 4 GB of memory (the max possible). I'm not
sure what you mean by SSL Terminal Services-the SBS itself can't run as a
TS in application mode so you need a second server for that.

"Twinstar" <declude@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello All,

Newbie here whose been given the task to spec out a server to run
Microsoft SBS 2003. The company has 22 users, but can do quite a bit of
emailing, and most of their employees travel frequently. They also have a
couple applications that require SQL server so they'd like to use the SQL
server in SBS. This server would be hosted at a remote location to their
local office and users will access it via SSL Terminals Services. They
also plan to use it for some storage, currently needing about 8GB of
space.

I looked at the system reqs from Microsoft's site but it's vague, so I
figured I'd ask here. I was thinking about an HP Proliant DL Series
server with either dual processors or dual core processors, and about
3.4GHz and about 2Gb RAM. As for the drives, they would be 15k rpm
hot-swap SCSi drives.
- Is there a preferred standard drive configuration to use? (ie, 2
mirrored drives for OS, and a RAID5 setup for the Data)
- Any suggestions for drive size? (ie. (2)18.4GB for OS and (3) 36GB
drives for RAID)

I appreciate any advise you can provide.

Thanks!

Troy





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