Hi guys,
I have a little story to tell you first. About 3 years ago my friend started his own film production company and wanted me to look after all their IT for them. At the start they need a file server to handle all their files so i built them a small server running Win2k3 and it had about 2TB of Hard drive space, loads back then.
1 year later they needed a new server as the small one could not handle the volume of files being stored. So i built them a large server with 5 Tb of Hard drive space. But they are getting bigger and bigger by the year and it has come to that time again that they need a new server.
We have been building a new office for the past 2 months and are getting close to moving in. What we have done is installed a brand new network cabling structure all running back to a main server room. We are getting a medium sized data cabinet and all new gigabyte switches.
What i need from you guys is a really good spec of server, in fact 2 server that must be identical, 1 will be used as the main server and the other will backup everything over night.
The server will only be used for file sharing so advice on the operating system is very welcome. We also need each 1 to have about 6TB of hard drive space but be able to be upgraded when we need more space.
Hope you guys can help.
Ace
I have a little story to tell you first. About 3 years ago my friend started his own film production company and wanted me to look after all their IT for them. At the start they need a file server to handle all their files so i built them a small server running Win2k3 and it had about 2TB of Hard drive space, loads back then.
1 year later they needed a new server as the small one could not handle the volume of files being stored. So i built them a large server with 5 Tb of Hard drive space. But they are getting bigger and bigger by the year and it has come to that time again that they need a new server.
We have been building a new office for the past 2 months and are getting close to moving in. What we have done is installed a brand new network cabling structure all running back to a main server room. We are getting a medium sized data cabinet and all new gigabyte switches.
What i need from you guys is a really good spec of server, in fact 2 server that must be identical, 1 will be used as the main server and the other will backup everything over night.
The server will only be used for file sharing so advice on the operating system is very welcome. We also need each 1 to have about 6TB of hard drive space but be able to be upgraded when we need more space.
Hope you guys can help.
Ace