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Software:<br />
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Small business server 2008 (less than 1000$)<br />
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Hardware:<br />
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HP ProLiant ML350 G5 (2000$)
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Software:

Small business server 2008 (less than 1000$)

Hardware:

HP ProLiant ML350 G5 (2000$)

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It seems like you don't need much more than an 'at home' server. Realistically, you could probably load and configure that software on a moderately priced PC. I don't suggest that, but with the limited information you've provided it seems very possible.<br />
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My suggestions are this:<br />
1- Buy something like this w/ a Small Business Server type software on it that will have some kind of tech support you can call and ask questions. <a href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4395429&CatId=2683" rel="ugc">http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4395429&CatId=2683</a><br />
2- Buy the the liscenses for your other software and buy 1year support for any that your don't have any previous experience with.
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It seems like you don't need much more than an 'at home' server. Realistically, you could probably load and configure that software on a moderately priced PC. I don't suggest that, but with the limited information you've provided it seems very possible.

My suggestions are this:
1- Buy something like this w/ a Small Business Server type software on it that will have some kind of tech support you can call and ask questions. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4395429&CatId=2683 [http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4395429&CatId=2683]
2- Buy the the liscenses for your other software and buy 1year support for any that your don't have any previous experience with.

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oh note, you would probably want a RAID 1 for your system OS drive and a RAID 5 for data. &nbsp;at least 5 drives. &nbsp;you don't want your OS on a RAID 5 volume.
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oh note, you would probably want a RAID 1 for your system OS drive and a RAID 5 for data.  at least 5 drives.  you don't want your OS on a RAID 5 volume.

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Ok so I am building a new server for the busines.<br />
10 users<br />
Intranet<br />
Exchange<br />
Company folder<br />
Users Folder<br />
Sage<br />
Microsoft CRM (possibly Act!)<br />
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Without getting to silly on prices how would you configure it?<br />
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Ok so I am building a new server for the busines.
10 users
Intranet
Exchange
Company folder
Users Folder
Sage
Microsoft CRM (possibly Act!)

Without getting to silly on prices how would you configure it?



Building a server

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).