Hi Allen, Throwing some thoughts out:
For in-house, if the budget is there, you might want to take a look at IBM blade servers. http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/ I have no experience with this equipment, but it looks good, runs VMWare and is modular by design. And consider a "cloud" server, such as RackSpace http://www.rackspacecloud.com/ or IBM http://www.ibm.com/ibm/cloud/ In "blue sky" (sometime in the future) mode, I've been thinking about a combination. Assuming I will be able to keep my in-house machine in sync with it's cloud server counterpart then my data is still in my possession at all times, and (assuming I keep good backups of my in-house server), no matter what happens to the 'cloud' machine, I can recover. This being the case, then time-wasters like Internet bugaboos, bandwith, load balancing, performance, and other datacenter operations are handled by the cloud provider and all I have to do is keep a (relatively inexpensive) in-house machine running and backed up. The idea is that less attention to these issues means more time for customers and products (unless, of course, these issues are your business :) Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com > [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Allen > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 5:22 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: [NF] server specs > > > Hi Foxgang > I have been asked to spec a server. Its really just to keep > VFP9 data on but > could in future run a web service. I'm a bit out of touch but > they asked for > high end. > Anyone got any suggestions. Not make, that's down to them but > processor etc. > TIA > Al > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/bfa71d9730894d288ae4e52fa3d83...@bills ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
