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Medium Size Office Network Setup -- Need Advice

I am in the process of analyzing our current office network setup and am wondering if there is a better way to go about it.  Any recommendations would be great.

CURRENT SETUP:
- Office 1 (West Coast):
- 50 users
- 2 T1 lines (Bonded)
- Star topology network, 1 master HP ProCurve GB switch, 1 small GB switch per department
- 1 2003 AD Server
- 1 2003 Exchange Server
- 1 Large File Server
- VPN trunk to East Coast office

Office 2 (East Coast):
- 35 usres
- 1 T1 line
- 1 Master GB switch
- 1 2003 AD Server
- 1 2003 Exchange Server (Syncs with Office 1)
- 1 Large File Server

QUESTIONS:
1.) Should i add a 2nd switch in the server room to help load balance?
2.) Should the servers be connected to a seperate switch than the users?
3.) Would it be benneficial to have a 2nd Exchange server at each site?
5.) Is it a good idea to Virtualize DNS, Exchange, or File Servers?  We use VMWare ESX.
6.) Is it better to host DHCP from a router or 2003 Server?
7.) Recommend a SAN solutions?  Need 30TB+, budget $50,000 or less.
8.) Reccomend backup solutions for SAN?

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
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steveoskh

For the networking questions, I would suggest contacting HP Design Center services.   http://www.procurve.com/customercare/services/design-center/index.htm
They will take your current configuration and needs and make recommendations for free.
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