Looking for mail server / file server for small biz niz

Rikki

Rikki

Rikki

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Hey there,

A friend who runs his business from home is looking for a server that will basically house all the emails coming in plus be a network store for all the files he uses.

He has 4 people working for him all using laptops and storing files locally at present and all using pop3 email via Outlook. He wants a central storage option that can be easily backed up and also that he can connect to remotely to access files and email on the go.

Ive heard of Exchange but not sure if thats a sledgehammer to a nut type affair.

He is looking for a Windows based solution (I know there are Linux type systems around that are GPL but he's not tech savvy and just wants something that works without too much elbow grease).

Thanks for any advice :)
 
Ok he could use Windows SBS 2008 but thats expensive and he needs to have someone know what their doing. If it was me i would recommend a cloud solution i.e Google Docs.

The issue with doing it all in house is you have multiple problems. For example:

*Hows it going to be backed up.
*Hows you staff going to remote in?
*What happens if you have a fire or breakin?
*What happens if the service goes down?

A cloud service would have fail over servers and have backups so all youd do is pay them £X a month and you can rest easily.
 
Thanks for the replies. The cloud stuff sounds good as long as it cached files locally too as trying to open up 20+ mb files for editing could get ropey via the net :)
 
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