This is a somewhat risky combination to put on the same server. The reason being you now have your entire company exposed to the outside world. An option would be to use a VM solution on the bare metal and then you could separate your Services and even use different OS's for each based on needs. as for the server i would probably look at the Dell T110 and T320 as they are both for sale at 600 and under to start and can scale very nicely for a smaller business. and you can leverage Dell support and get replacement parts and materials quite fast. On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:27 AM, Nadim Hoque wrote: > The server will start out as a domain controller/file server but I might > expand to possibly a web server as well. > > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 8:00 PM, David Schwartz > wrote: > >> What's the server for? >> >> Just an in-house file server? >> >> Or does it need to be a web server with external / public access? >> >> -David >> >> >> >> On Apr 7, 2014, at 7:01 PM, Nadim Hoque wrote: >> >> > I just want to get your experiences regarding server purchases. The >> server is meant for a small business with about 10+ people and does not >> need to be utilized 24/7. I was wondering if I should build my own or go >> with and OEM such as dell. I would consider HP but I do like Dell's direct >> to purchase/customization but I am free for suggestions. I was thinking an >> Xeon E3 quad core, about 8gb of ram, 4 500gb hard drives and that should be >> about it. I am thinking about building my own because a lot of the server >> boards come with IPMI support and the Dell model I was looking at was the >> T1102 which does not inlcude IPMI what so ever. Thanks for taking the time. >> > >> > -- >> > Nadim Hoque >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > Nadim Hoque > Systems Support Analyst > Engineering Technical Services > Arizona State University > Cell: 480-518-6235 > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen