Hello all! I'm new here, and have a question, I need to get a server to my organisation, and I want advice on how I would dimension the hardware. Usage of server: Windows 2008 Server SBS. Storage, printing and login. AD host with this as only server. In the future, low utilized SQL Server might be interesting to install, so I want to take height for it. There are at the moment 8 users, and might increase to at most 16 within the coming 3-4 years. The users have Windows Vista or Windows 7 as clients. Storage needs are at the moment somewhat 500 GB up to a maximum of 1TB within some years. Now to my hardware thaughts: How many CPUs would be appropriate, and which Intel series would suit this best? How much RAM should be installed, and how much should I be able to upgrade to in the future? What kind of storage solution should I use? Raid? and if so, which level? How many disks would be a good choice for that setup? Hope to hear some good advice from you hardware experts out there! Thanks in advance!
