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Hi,

present status:
office with 4 machines (win xp), main machine acting as the "server" with printer and internet sharing, with an inventory/invoicing/accounting/cataloguing software installed on them, the main machine has the server part of it with the central db, so that all the info is stored there.

Need:
daily back-up of the data, and of course the sharing and use as it is now.

Proposed solution:
A raid5 server with iomega rev.

But:
does it make sense to spend on the hardware, and have a linux server that takes care of the printer, internet, and back-up, while the software resides on the actual main machine?
Or wouldn't it at this point be more suited a windows server to have the software installed on it, to take the load off the actual main machine as well?

Thank you.
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Thanks.

Hmmm ... maybe I was not very clear in exposing the question.

By now I know that raid is for hardware redundancy, indeed I said the back-up is suggested to be iomega rev.
The question is if it is worth having a server class machine to just run the back-up, while leaving the work software on the actual main machine, an average desktop class.

>>rindi

I'll look into acronis.

>>ABLComputers

What is NAS?

>>trickz_2

The main machine is like the others, an average desktop class.

By combining the replies from all of you I am understanding a good solution would be getting another machine to take out the load, and use NAS (whatever that is ... I shall google meanwhile).
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Points 300 > 500

Thank you all.
your welcome