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If you want to Virtualize, VMware provides free solution VMware Esxi.<br />
The Hardware would <br />
One Single Server with latest processor(Dell, IBM or HP)<br />
32 GB of Ram<br />
You can go for Internal / External Storage with 1TB Hard Disk Space.<br />
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Regards<br />
Keshav.C
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If you want to Virtualize, VMware provides free solution VMware Esxi.
The Hardware would
One Single Server with latest processor(Dell, IBM or HP)
32 GB of Ram
You can go for Internal / External Storage with 1TB Hard Disk Space.

Regards
Keshav.C

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I have to second using VMware ESXi. &nbsp;We recently came off of a 1 server setup and now have 3 VM's on one server with 24 GB ram and dual Xeon E5520 processors. &nbsp;Runs like a dream.
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I have to second using VMware ESXi.  We recently came off of a 1 server setup and now have 3 VM's on one server with 24 GB ram and dual Xeon E5520 processors.  Runs like a dream.

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Thank you all for the advice.<br />
dkrollctn: how many users you have ? what servers running with the host ?<br />
<br />
Thanks
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Thank you all for the advice.
dkrollctn: how many users you have ? what servers running with the host ?

Thanks

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Hi,<br />
<br />
intend to replace the existing server to our organization.<br />
&nbsp;The organization has 150 workstations.<br />
&nbsp;Currently, we have one machine with server 2003 and exchange 2003 installed on it.<br />
&nbsp;I want to buy server 2008 and exchange 2010 and I am considering using virtualization.<br />
&nbsp;I'd love to hear some advice from people who did this kind of projects already.<br />
&nbsp;Whether to use Microsoft's solution or vmware?<br />
&nbsp;Should I move to virtualization for the two servers?<br />
&nbsp;If so, what the recommended server specifications?<br />
<br />
&nbsp;Thanks everyone
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Hi,

intend to replace the existing server to our organization.
 The organization has 150 workstations.
 Currently, we have one machine with server 2003 and exchange 2003 installed on it.
 I want to buy server 2008 and exchange 2010 and I am considering using virtualization.
 I'd love to hear some advice from people who did this kind of projects already.
 Whether to use Microsoft's solution or vmware?
 Should I move to virtualization for the two servers?
 If so, what the recommended server specifications?

 Thanks everyone

advice on intalling a new 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

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.