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I have explained all the benefits of virtualization to fall upon deaf ears. Sometimes we cannot sway the unwilling as a consultant. I always virtualize but in this instance it will not happen. <br />
Understand the RAM count may be a bit high but he will be running this server for 5 years minimum and the config falls into his budget.
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If budget allows, may want to run RAID 1/5 with 5 drives to separate OS.
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Strange as I have spoken With at least 5 consultants that run essentials with their accounting firms and have not mentioned any issues. <br />
Coming from SBS this client currently runs things fine on the old server in regards to Sage and Quickbooks. <br />
Sage lists essentials as a supported product as well.
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Looking to provide a client with a new server. Budget is around $4000 for the server Hardware. Have been configuring Dell T430 servers and wondering what others are using to run Essentials? Currently their office runs between 8-10 clients that run on SBS 2011. Migrating to Office 365 for email so the new server will only be used for Sage accounting and Quickbooks along with regular file shares.<br />
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T430 with single Xeon, 48GB Ram, 3 drives RAID 1 with 1 cold spare<br />
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He does not want to virtualize...and I can not convince him of the benefits. 2 Synology NAS for backup with 1 being stored at his house to R-Sync (he does not trust the cloud for his data).<br />
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Any thoughts on this config?
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Looking to provide a client with a new server. Budget is around $4000 for the server Hardware. Have been configuring Dell T430 servers and wondering what others are using to run Essentials? Currently their office runs between 8-10 clients that run on SBS 2011. Migrating to Office 365 for email so the new server will only be used for Sage accounting and Quickbooks along with regular file shares.

T430 with single Xeon, 48GB Ram, 3 drives RAID 1 with 1 cold spare

He does not want to virtualize...and I can not convince him of the benefits. 2 Synology NAS for backup with 1 being stored at his house to R-Sync (he does not trust the cloud for his data).

Any thoughts on this config?

Windows Server 2012 Essentials Server Build and Config

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

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).

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