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Hi guys,
Got an issue that one of my customers has brought forward and I'm not very good with in house servers etc. I'm more of a cloud IT guy (as well as gaming rig builder!)
Basically I put these guys onto Office 365 about a year ago, all went okay and migrated them from an ancient server running SBS 2003 or something really old!
I moved their documents from the dying system to SharePoint online (which as some of you may know can be amazing providing you have decent connectivity).
Unfortunately it seems that their connection is really struggling to support it (they failed to mention that they had some PDF's that are regularly accessed in excess of 100mb).
Downloading a 100mb of pdf from sharepoint using a 6mb/s ADSL connection is not fun! I have already tried to upgrade their connectivity but unfortunately there's nothing available.
Due to this we are looking to reinstate an in-house server for document storage, below is what we need it to do:
They wish to continue using office 365 for email as it is spot on, I know it is possible to have some hybrid sharepoint online/offline system but I wouldn't have a clue how to implement it!
Am I perhaps just better off using this server and having it backup to some 3rd party?
Also, I assume to get full use out of the server I would have to reattach all machines to the server acting as a domain controller(at present all PC's are standalone and use the internet for everything else).
Some assistance would be greatly appreciated everyone - I've tried PC world business but they are bloody useless, HP business weren't any better!
Thanks all!
Jamie
Got an issue that one of my customers has brought forward and I'm not very good with in house servers etc. I'm more of a cloud IT guy (as well as gaming rig builder!)
Basically I put these guys onto Office 365 about a year ago, all went okay and migrated them from an ancient server running SBS 2003 or something really old!
I moved their documents from the dying system to SharePoint online (which as some of you may know can be amazing providing you have decent connectivity).
Unfortunately it seems that their connection is really struggling to support it (they failed to mention that they had some PDF's that are regularly accessed in excess of 100mb).
Downloading a 100mb of pdf from sharepoint using a 6mb/s ADSL connection is not fun! I have already tried to upgrade their connectivity but unfortunately there's nothing available.
Due to this we are looking to reinstate an in-house server for document storage, below is what we need it to do:
- Provide speedy access to large documents on site
- Allow us to set full access rights (read/write/edit/restore)
- Have an incremental offsite backup to ease load on broadband
- Allow some kind of access for VPN/out of office access
- Be stable/reliable and fast
They wish to continue using office 365 for email as it is spot on, I know it is possible to have some hybrid sharepoint online/offline system but I wouldn't have a clue how to implement it!
Am I perhaps just better off using this server and having it backup to some 3rd party?
Also, I assume to get full use out of the server I would have to reattach all machines to the server acting as a domain controller(at present all PC's are standalone and use the internet for everything else).
Some assistance would be greatly appreciated everyone - I've tried PC world business but they are bloody useless, HP business weren't any better!
Thanks all!
Jamie