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Agree that going virtual would make more sense, but lets be honest, if the OP starts a thread about building a file server from scratch using consumer grade hardware, no redundant PSUs etc, etc - do you honestly think that this sounds like an organisation that is pushing virtualisation or cloud computing.

I'd say no
 
Spammeh said:
Agree that going virtual would make more sense, but lets be honest, if the OP starts a thread about building a file server from scratch using consumer grade hardware, no redundant PSUs etc, etc - do you honestly think that this sounds like an organisation that is pushing virtualisation or cloud computing.

I'd say no
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Wow... wasn't expecting to get so much flak after already agreeing that building from scratch was a bad idea!

Suffice to say I'm getting more quotes in for a properly managed system. Could a mod close this one down please? :)
 
I think it's just a lot of people trying to dissuade you, on a subject many feel strongly about :). No flak intended, certainly not from me anyway.

Nox
 
Agreed - it's not flak IMHO, more gentle persuasion :D I, and I suspect others, have had to resurrect "servers" built from OEM components.
 
Agreed with the above. I love building my own - but frontline server should be 100% single supplier with warranty etc.
 
I went into a company who had paid a large sum of money for a DPM server

Yep, it was a PC not a server lol Coolermaster case would you believe

£250,000 later they have a dual SAN commvault solution running from 2 HP servers
 
I would seriously consider doing away with your own server altogether and hosting it on something like Windows Azure/Amazon EC2 (AWS). Particularly if you're already considering moving emails to Office 365/Exchange Online.
 
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