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Agree with the above advice, but if 100 people are accessing the files and print server I would make sure to use SATA drives. &nbsp;They read/write much faster and make for a more seamless experience from the end user.
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Agree with the above advice, but if 100 people are accessing the files and print server I would make sure to use SATA drives.  They read/write much faster and make for a more seamless experience from the end user.

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We are in a workgroup situation soon to migrate to Active Directory. &nbsp;Our budget is small and we have our backup server (PC) and our anti-virus server (PC) are dying as well as our two Print servers (PCs) are dying, also. That's four PCs to replace, we also will have to get an actual server for AD. We tend to set up PC client machines as servers, obviously to save $<br />
My question is: &nbsp;what is the best way to go - separate servers for print, backup, anti-virus and AD -OR-<br />
if one or two servers can handle it, which play nice together? &nbsp;We have about 100 on the network.<br />
Thanks, Marie
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We are in a workgroup situation soon to migrate to Active Directory.  Our budget is small and we have our backup server (PC) and our anti-virus server (PC) are dying as well as our two Print servers (PCs) are dying, also. That's four PCs to replace, we also will have to get an actual server for AD. We tend to set up PC client machines as servers, obviously to save $
My question is:  what is the best way to go - separate servers for print, backup, anti-virus and AD -OR-
if one or two servers can handle it, which play nice together?  We have about 100 on the network.
Thanks, Marie

Separate servers vs one server

The Windows operating systems have distinct methodologies for designing and implementing networks, and have specific systems to accomplish various networking processes, such as Exchange for email, Sharepoint for shared files and programs, and IIS for delivery of web pages. Microsoft also produces server technologies for networked database use, security and virtualization.