PC Peripherals Buying a server for office

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My dad's told me to find out a suitable Server configuration for his new office . the requirement is to run about 10-15 pc's or nodes ??:huh: . The server should be upgradable and powerful enough to run about 60 pc's together at a time in the future.

I'm totally clueless on servers so
1.How many?
2. What company ..dell,hp,etc?
3. Rack or full tower?
4. Warranty and support for servers?

Pls help....:huh:

Thanks
 
What purpose is the server gonna fill? I mean, is it a file and print server? A internet proxy? Please give details so we can help you out.
 
As is said earlier i'm a noob to server tech....... and the reason i'm asking these question is just so that i can influence a purchase decision for the office

It's gonna be a file sharing and print server for about 60 people in the office and would be used for downloads and uploads very frequently. Outstation offices would also share data of the server.
 
I guess a dual xeon/Opteron based system with win2k3 Enterprise/RedHat Linux enteprise should suffice.

In one of our Depts we are using a dual xeon based server as file /print server.

We have something called a rate contract where the the following dual proccy models from IBM and HCL have been listed.

You may get in touch with the company representatives if you wanna know abt the prices etc. The prices mentioned here have been negotiated by our org. They may be less than the market rates.

IBM X3650 series/HCL Global line 2700 Series- 2x Xeon (5150) Dual Core 2.6Ghz with 4MB L2, 1333Mhz FSB, 16GB DDR2 667 ECC RAM, 6 x 146 GB 15K rpm SAS hot swappable hard disks with SAS RAID controller(256MB cache), RAID 0- 5,redundant power supplies, DVD-ROM, 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports + server mgmt software

Price : 3.1 lacs(without OS and rack) + vat + octroi

IBM X3655 Series/HCL Infiniti Xcel 2200 Series with 2 x AMD Opteron 2218 @2.6 GHz, other configs remain the same as above.

Price: 2.75 lacs(without OS and Rack) + vat + octroi

The above servers are rack mountable. The prices mentioned above do not include rack(42U, costs arnd 35k with 17" CRT monitor) and OS(costs anywhere from arnd few thousands to arnd 1.25 lacs for win2k3 enterprise edition). You can even scale these down ( reduce the configs). The 1 proccy option with 8GB RAM with other parts remaining the same would cost arnd 70-80k less.
 
Are dell servers also good??, the main priority is preferably next day onsite service. And is there a separate server for the firewall and other security??

Need to know asap guys!!

Thanks
 
You can go for a dual processor system with 2 gig ram. For service go for Dell. They have tied up with some company for providing services in big cities.

About firewall you should go for a seperate server. Single processor with decent ram like 1 gig will serve pretty well.

About OS your system admin will do the needful.
 
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