Re: Server Migration - from old server to new server


Thanks for your reply Leythos.


For your solution just make one large RAID-5 Partition, "C" and install
everything on it, it will save you lots of headache later and you're not
any more/less secure with a single partition. Get 4 drives, one acts as
a hot spare, or get 4 drives and use all 4 active, then order a spare to
sit on the shelf in case you have a failure.

I dont think the company wants to spend that much money for server
right now, but I thought about RAID5 settings and I'm familiar with it
from other servers.


You want 4GB RAM no matter what, don't even consider less.

Yes, I'll definitely go for 4 GB.



Get Dual CPU's, go with slower if you need to keep the cost down, but
get Dual CPU's, if you grow later or run backups during production
hours, you will kick yourself for not doing it now - it's not that much
more expensive to do it now.

Xeon CPU I selected is Dual Core.


New server will have Exchanged, leave it on it and make use of it, your
hosted email can be a backup.

I'm considering Exchange for future but not the whole switch at once.
So thats why I'll be getting SBS, so in the future i can switch to
Exchange for email.


SQL, like it or not, you will have a version/flavor of SQL on the server
for SBS functions.
Yes, I'm already running it for SBS purposes.


How are you going to backup the server?
I have external HDDs and father/son/grandson setup right now, and I
also backup the whole server Monthly, Ghost backup.
my future plan for backup will be off site backup. but not in 8-10
months period.



Roaming profiles - I use them on MANY servers and also implement
redirected My Documents folder also - no problem.

My concern here is PST files, I'm already using directory redirection
for My Doc. but i want to use Roaming for people's convenient.


No matter what Dell ships you, it will be configured incorrectly, blow
it away and start from scratch. This will let you setup the way YOU WANT
IT.

You maybe right about this, but I used the Dell's/ HP's setup before
with my server, but I gave them the instructions, All I needed to do
was DCPromo.

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