I know, but like everyone else they are moving towards enterprise class software and leaving the small business to fend for themselves. They also have a hosted software based on a SQL based environment, so I think that is going to be their small business answer. For example, our exchange server is Small Business server with Goodlink on it, and when Motorola bought Goodlink, they discontinued support for SBS . Next time we renew our contract with Verizon, we are going with Blackberrys and Blackberry Professional software.
_____ From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers I'm REALLY curious why your software doesn't support SBS - everything you listed has SBS written all over it. From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers We only need one server at this point. The primary server that I will be buying needs Windows 2003 Server Std edition. Yes to AD and we already have an Exchange Server of which I will be taking with me as the other company is using something else for mail. The exchange server is only about 1-1/2 years old. The SQL server is the oldest, but they don't want to spend the money on that now because of all the other moving expenses - furniture, cubicles, etc. The backup server I will also be taking with me and it is only 1-1/2 years old. I felt that blade servers were overkill myself, but I needed some backup on this issue. Thanks everyone for the information. Anymore at any time will be greatly appreciated! _____ From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers Sharie, how many servers do you need? What systems will you be running here? Do you need AD? Exchange? From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 5:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers Small Business Server is not supported by our software and our trading system uses SQL databases that have to be on a separate box as well. Sharie _____ From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers It all depends on the needs of the firm. My knee-jerk was to put in a SBS box for everything since its only eight people, however, there may be more to it than meets the eye. (Dude, transformers are awesome!!) As far as host based virtualization, I think this environment would be an ideal candidate. It's small and there is no physical space allocated for severs. I would look into the option of taking your beefiest box, maxing out the RAM and putting everything I could on it. My outside view, $.02 Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook _____ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Need opinion on Blade Servers ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
