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| Should I get SAS disks (if so which ones) or enterprise SATA disks. |
If you need 10rpm or more then go SAS. If 7200 is enough and judging by the amount of users it will be then go wirh SATA.
Another note, I have 6 servers with SAS drives (HP DL 380 G5 and G6) and around 10 with SATA drives. In last 4 years dead ratio SAS:SATA is 0:3
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So why not go with SAS then as they are more reliable?
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| Also I was thinking using ESXi would be a better way of doing things in case we wish to get the Premium Add-on down the track and also to make it easier to move to a new server if the current server fails. |
That's for sure. I have 5 ESXi servers running with 8 OS on each. Migrating machines is easy and fast. |
Good!
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| I'd like to be able to separate hardware upgrades from OS upgrades when it comes to the server. As an SBS migration is a time consuming task.Any advice on how to migrate from SBS 2003 to 2011 such as good sites to look at? |
Well depends what you have running there.
| Also how much downtime will this lead to? |
Also depends what you have running. AD, file server, print server, Exchange, SharePoint you can migrate really with really short or no downtime at all. |
I have AD, file server, Papercut (print charging software), Exchange, some Time & Cost software and an accounting program that uses SQL.
