Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Stuart C
The friend of a poster on Digital Spy phoned up Dell, and asked for the advice on sharing files. They told him he needed a file server, and promptly sold him a poweredge..
|
Reading the article on DS, it would seem to have been a business purchase.
In a business environment, it makes a certain amount of sense to centralise your data - it also allows you to set up a backup strategy that covers all of the data, rather than having to separately backup 2 PCs. Furthermore you can then provide central internet/email that isn't dependant on someone's PC being switched on.
Yes, it is overkill, but if we're talking a low-end (as per the article £200?) server it kinda makes sense - for a business. After all, as soon as you want to grow it's much easier.