Re: hardware requirements for SBS

if the software is normally used at the workstation and they just use the
file share to share data it is quite likely you don't need to install the
software to the server, the server simply makes the files available.

If the software has a 'back end' (SQL/MSDE?) you could hope that the
installation process allows you to either install or configure the database
without actually installing the client program on the serrver itself, some
do, many don't.

Of course it's a security risk. Multiple workstations with access to your
bank, and sharing this info via a simple share, madness, sheer madness :-)
Is having the share on the server better than having it on the workstations?
Of course.

"Itan Barmes" <ItanBarmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is raid hardware and 10k disks not a bit over the top for me? how reliable
is
mirroring? remember that its a very small office.
If you have any brands to recommend please tell me.

About the internet banking software, its a software you can install on a
destop and using folder shares you can let other authorized users do
transactions. It is not a server-client software in the real sense of the
word. Basically it uses folder share, can it pose any security threat?

"Jevgenij Martynenko" wrote:

Hi Itan.

Personally I would recommend to make fast HDD drives (10k minimum) and
HDD
redundancy (RAID 1 or RAID 5) as a priority.
Anything else is secondary for SBS in a such small environment.
I think any modern single-core CPU and 2 GB of RAM will do (of course
more
RAM is always better, especially if the file sharing would be mostly
used)

As for the banking software, it really depends on the type of the
software
it is.
It is hard to recommend something here when I don't have a slightest idea
what it does, how it works and how and by whom would be used :)

Hope this helps,
Jevgenij

"Itan Barmes" <ItanBarmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi All
I want to install SBS in a small office environment and wondered if
anyone
can recommend what kind of hardware i need.

3 desktops
1 laptop
2 users connecting from the internet (web outlook)
one network printer

5 exchange mailboxes
ISA server (havent understood yet the advantages of ISA of windows
firewall)
Sharepoint
Office administration software (used by 2 people)
question: i have an internet banking software, is it smart to install
it
on
the server?

I dont have a large budget but system failure is not an option (whats
new)

Thanks in advance
Itan




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