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I am in a &nbsp;colo in houston. &nbsp;I want to offer private cloud to peeps. &nbsp;I'm thinking that starting off with two ESXi hosts, one SAN and tape BU will be a good start. &nbsp;So, I know that a lot of this is opinion, but give me some thoughts on your idea of minimum hardware for private cloud offerings for say a couple of mail servers for small offices (&lt;20 users) and maybe a file server or two.<br />
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Thanks<br />
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Cliff<br />
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PS: &nbsp;Let's assume my power, redundant internet pipes and etc is all good, because it is.
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I am in a  colo in houston.  I want to offer private cloud to peeps.  I'm thinking that starting off with two ESXi hosts, one SAN and tape BU will be a good start.  So, I know that a lot of this is opinion, but give me some thoughts on your idea of minimum hardware for private cloud offerings for say a couple of mail servers for small offices (<20 users) and maybe a file server or two.

Thanks

Cliff

PS:  Let's assume my power, redundant internet pipes and etc is all good, because it is.

Minimum hardware for private cloud

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