Re: Suggested Dell server for SBS 2008

For what you are looking for the Dell PowerEdge 2900 III is your best best
I just got a quote today for a very similar setup and it came in at just under 6900 with shipping and tax

Dual Quad Core Processors
16GB RAM
2 X 160 GB RAID 1 SATA drives for the OS
4 X 250 GB RAID 5 SATA drives for the rest
DVD RW
SBS 2008 Premium and 15 cals

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"Jaredean" <shop@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:n1aup41lsao1das3di7cjv7rpbq1r07cji@xxxxxxxxxx
I am in a position to purchase a new server for our office. I have to
go through Dell for the purchase and have between 5 - 7,000 for the
purchase. We have a small office (16 users) and i'm looking at
Premium and using our current PowerEdge 1800SC as the 2nd server
(SQL)...

Does anyone have a suggestion on servers they like from Dell? I just
started looking and have had the PE1400 and PE1800 work really well in
the past...

I would like to configure it as suggested in this group - with the 8
drive setup and 2 RAID, 1 Hot drive...

I'd also like to have at least 8 gig if not 16 gig of RAM, but I don't
know if i'm dreaming at this point - trying to keep all of that in my
budget after reading an article on the price of SBS 2008 going up
significantly...

thanks for your suggestions...

jared

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