A failed SATA drive is even more expensive! "John Aldrich" <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote on 09/28/2010 09:25:11 AM:
> It's expensive. :-) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:15 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Small server > > Kind of important software. I would make sure the server was hardware RAID1 > with 2 hot swap SAS drives NOT SATA at a minimum just for the redundancy. No > > software RAID. Whats wrong with SCSI? > > James > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Aldrich" <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:08 AM > Subject: RE: Small server > > > Sorry. I guess I should have specified this is for Kronos Time Keeper > Central. > > Server hardware requirements are very basic. It has to be capable of running > Windows 2000. It's not a very resource-intensive software. It's got a small > DB and has to be capable of allowing multiple people to access it over the > network (via "client" software loaded on their machine) The machine that's > currently running the time and attendance software is a P4 2.8Ghz with 2 Gig > of RAM running Windows 2000. My main problem is that it's running off a > single HDD, and a SCSI drive at that. > Cut/paste from the system requirements document: > 750 Mhz+ 1 Gigabyte NT4 , 2000 Server 2003 Server 1 Gigabyte > Free disk space. > > As you can see it's very basic requirements. TKC has not been updated in a > LONG time and probably won't be updated ever again. I spoke with a support > engineer, and he said that he's seen it running on Windows XP, but that's > not supported, as XP is not a "server" O/S, which is required for multiple > clients accessing the machine at one time. > > Thanks... Hope this answers your questions WRT system requirements. > > > > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:59 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Small server > > Once again you give us absolutely no app requirements. > > Therefore the answer is: maybe. > > -sc > > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:55 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Small server > > I am looking at getting a small server running Windows Server 2003, so I can > have my time and attendance running on a supported O/S. Looking at Dell's > Premier site, the least expensive option only offers a Software RAID5, > unless I'm mis-reading the options. Would you guys rather have a Hardware > RAID0 / RAID1 or a software RAID5? > > Any other options I should be looking at for a small server? We're primarily > a Dell shop here, but I can look at others, including "white box" servers, > so long as I can get some sort of warranty / hardware support on it. > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software. > com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
