Dell R310

[Izi]

I am looking to co-locate a Dell R310 to backup two servers we have have.

Couple of questions:
1) What is dells '4 hour business critical support' actually like?
2) When configuring the server, is it best I get RAM from dell or is it cheaper to buy this separately?
3) Same for HDD's

Any other advice?

 

[Izi]

thanks for the replies.

This might sound a bit ridiculous, but how different is working on a server to a home desktop?

I.E is replacing a motherboard as easy as a normal desktop? (Apart from the more confined space)?

@matthab are your servers in London? I am thinking about co-locating in Newcastle, which is off the beaten track for the norm I suppose.

 

[Izi]

Nope our servers are on site. Long time since Ive worked at a company who outsources.

Also try looking at somewhere like Rackspace who can manage it all for you?

Dell servers are very good we have ones that just refuse to die.

we already have managed servers, but I want a backup server which we can backup data to in a secure environment (not just our office).

Also I don't want to rent servers for the rest of my days, there is nothing really but experience stopping me from just co-locating everything so have to start somewhere and a non-critical server is the best place to start I suppose.