I need some info on what should happen in this situation. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
A “small” local bank with 200+ users is wanting a new server installed next month to upgrade their existing NT 4.0 Server. We put the NT server in two years back when they were 40+ users and they have since grown tremendously.
One of the banks main applications, a check imaging program requires a 2000 based OS. This program records images of the customers checks which is stored on the server. Currently their server is running, 4GB system, 20GB app, and 55GB data partitions on mirroed drives. The data partition is filling up rapidly! The images are jpeg but that is all I know of them.
The client will not be accessing the internet ore-mail through this server, as far as I know. Currently the server is an application/file server only.
Customer specs:
approx. 10+ locations across a WAN
approx. 40+ printers
approx. 200+ users(computers), expected growth is 100 users or computers per year)
Currently have 10/100 3com and Cisco switches and routers.
Running 98 & 2000 Pro OS on Workstations.
Have many problems printing. (the current server is also acting as a print server)
I believe they need a seperate print server, 2000 Server, NAS solutions. Whats better? Would SBS be a good choice? SBS is designed for approximately 50 users correct? What about Back Office? Would Advanced Server be an even better choice?
Print Server: Can we turn the banks current 1GHz 1GB RAM Server into a print server? If so how? What OS? How should it be set up?
NAS seems to be a good choice for a storage solution but how do we choose? Which is better or which provides more ease of use and room for growth?
Backups: How do we implement a good backup strategy? What are the best devices to use in this situation?