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MovedGoalPosts · 01-09-2011, 12:05

Yep we know the server is end of life. We've been looking at replacement options especially as we've also been hitting storage capacity problems. Realistically it's not the hardware that is the cost or concern, it's the operating system licences that become extortionate. Some one has to pay Mr Gate's pension I suppose.

But to buy two servers is a luxury we can't really justify. Small Business Server should all run on one box. But redundancy is always a challenge. Most issues aren't hardware, but software configuration caused by changes we try to make over the network. Indeed in 5 years this is the first hardware problem. We'll probably just ensure the replacement server has a good level of on site response, perhaps 4 hours.

01-09-2011, 12:05	#10
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 62 Posts: 15,868	Re: Temporary Office Server Yep we know the server is end of life. We've been looking at replacement options especially as we've also been hitting storage capacity problems. Realistically it's not the hardware that is the cost or concern, it's the operating system licences that become extortionate. Some one has to pay Mr Gate's pension I suppose. But to buy two servers is a luxury we can't really justify. Small Business Server should all run on one box. But redundancy is always a challenge. Most issues aren't hardware, but software configuration caused by changes we try to make over the network. Indeed in 5 years this is the first hardware problem. We'll probably just ensure the replacement server has a good level of on site response, perhaps 4 hours.