I am an IT consultant for small buisnesses. I am working with a company that wants: vpn connection to a remote office, their specialized database to run better, get their printers out from under their desktops so that they can shutdown a computer and still be able to print. I am thinking about building a dual cpu server to be a…vpn server, file server, print server and mabee do data backup.
I know this sounds nuts but this is a small buisness and they dont have alot of money to throw at this.
Finally, my question is will a single server be able to handle all of these requirements keeping in mind that it is only serving 5 – 6 clients. There will only be a couple of vpn users and there are only two printers. The database application tracks agents in the field and when the users switch between the calendar and call information aspects of the software, it takes forever. The software runs on a win2k dell desktop I think a 4300 dimension. I think that it is just slow in accessing the information.
If anybody has a better solution, please let me know, thanks
Jason