The server in one a remote office needs upgrading, mainly expanded storage. Its current configuration is as follows:
NT4.0/SP4, PDC
8.4 GB IDE HD (2GB system partition, 6.4GB data)
PII-350
128MB PC-100 RAM
8GB Seagate Hornet Internal SCSI tape drive
That office has been filling its HD regularly for the last few months; they do lots of big databases (500 MB, that’s big for us). The server is just a file-and-print server — no applications or number-crunching on its own. This was the first server I purchased for the company, many (2) years ago.
Goals are (1) extra storage; (2) redundancy/reliability; (3) better performance; and . . . . (4) future-proofing, perhaps (just threw that in). Would like to keep costs as low as possible, of course, but make a balanced decision.
I laid out my plan at another support forum and got some comments on it, but here I just want to ask for recommendations. Please keep in mind we’re a small company (8 people in that office, 30 in four offices all told); the server is not mission-critical as in 24/7, 99.9999% ad infinitum reliability. Going down is never good, of course. Thanks in advance.