Advice on Server Purchase
Hallo Skunks, I am thinking of buying a server but I have limited experience with servers. I want to do file sharing in an office with 15 users. What would you advice me to purchase? -- Regards Makh' Sinja The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do
Hi, A simple NAS storage should suffice if it's just for file sharing. Western Digital NAS devices are locally available. On 6 February 2014 13:10, jeremy sinja <jeysinja@gmail.com> wrote:
Hallo Skunks, I am thinking of buying a server but I have limited experience with servers. I want to do file sharing in an office with 15 users. What would you advice me to purchase?
-- Regards Makh' Sinja
The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do
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if its just file serving I suggest you buy a seagate NAS BlackArmor 400 On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 1:10 PM, jeremy sinja <jeysinja@gmail.com> wrote:
Hallo Skunks, I am thinking of buying a server but I have limited experience with servers. I want to do file sharing in an office with 15 users. What would you advice me to purchase?
-- Regards Makh' Sinja
The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do
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Depending on what else you would like to do in the future on the same investment, NAS is a good choice on storage but it restricts you to storage only. Probably an entry level server with high capacity disk space would be idea for you. This way you can virtualize part for storage and part for network software and databases.. Maximize the value as your office is not too big yet.. If you decide on a server we can send you something for consideration. Me thoughts Oliver On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 1:19 PM, mabeya conseray <mbshem@gmail.com> wrote:
if its just file serving I suggest you buy a seagate NAS BlackArmor 400
On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 1:10 PM, jeremy sinja <jeysinja@gmail.com> wrote:
Hallo Skunks, I am thinking of buying a server but I have limited experience with servers. I want to do file sharing in an office with 15 users. What would you advice me to purchase?
-- Regards Makh' Sinja
The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do
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Would recommend synology NAS servers. You can check more on www.synology.com On 6 Feb 2014 13:11, "jeremy sinja" <jeysinja@gmail.com> wrote:
Hallo Skunks, I am thinking of buying a server but I have limited experience with servers. I want to do file sharing in an office with 15 users. What would you advice me to purchase?
-- Regards Makh' Sinja
The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do
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i would recommend you go for the *CISCO UCS C22 M3* Rack server. it is a 1RU, 2-socket rack server design that combines outstanding economics and a density-optimized feature set over a range of scale-out workloads, from IT and web infrastructure of distributed applications. On 6 February 2014 13:10, jeremy sinja <jeysinja@gmail.com> wrote:
Hallo Skunks, I am thinking of buying a server but I have limited experience with servers. I want to do file sharing in an office with 15 users. What would you advice me to purchase?
-- Regards Makh' Sinja
The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do
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Cloud? On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Jacob Nganyi <nganyi1@gmail.com> wrote:
i would recommend you go for the *CISCO UCS C22 M3* Rack server. it is a 1RU, 2-socket rack server design that combines outstanding economics and a density-optimized feature set over a range of scale-out workloads, from IT and web infrastructure of distributed applications.
On 6 February 2014 13:10, jeremy sinja <jeysinja@gmail.com> wrote:
Hallo Skunks, I am thinking of buying a server but I have limited experience with servers. I want to do file sharing in an office with 15 users. What would you advice me to purchase?
-- Regards Makh' Sinja
The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do
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@Bwana Lawi, cloud has disadvantages that are not desirable. Skunks, The cisco rack server and the synology NAS Server have caught my attention. I was previously thinking of HP Envy On 2/7/14, Bwana Lawi <mail2lawi@gmail.com> wrote:
Cloud?
On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Jacob Nganyi <nganyi1@gmail.com> wrote:
i would recommend you go for the *CISCO UCS C22 M3* Rack server. it is a 1RU, 2-socket rack server design that combines outstanding economics and a density-optimized feature set over a range of scale-out workloads, from IT and web infrastructure of distributed applications.
On 6 February 2014 13:10, jeremy sinja <jeysinja@gmail.com> wrote:
Hallo Skunks, I am thinking of buying a server but I have limited experience with servers. I want to do file sharing in an office with 15 users. What would you advice me to purchase?
-- Regards Makh' Sinja
The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do
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Thanks and Regards,
Jacob Nganyi
P. O. Box 1235, 00100, NAIROBI, KENYA
Mobile: +254 (721) 391 656
Home: +254 (737) 627 706
Email: nganyi1@gmail.com
*Some men see things as they are, and say, "Why?" Still others dream of things that never were and say, "Why not?" *
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-- Regards Jeremiah Makh' Sinja The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do
Hey, Sinja. You can test drive Synology Features of the New DSM 5.0 Demo Server https://partners.eblue.co.ke:5000/webman/index.cgi username; admin password: 123 On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 5:46 PM, jeremy sinja <jeysinja@gmail.com> wrote:
@Bwana Lawi, cloud has disadvantages that are not desirable. Skunks, The cisco rack server and the synology NAS Server have caught my attention. I was previously thinking of HP Envy
Smb.conf ? Sent from my iPad
On Feb 7, 2014, at 5:53 PM, Josy Ngatia <josyveros@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey, Sinja.
You can test drive Synology Features of the New DSM 5.0
Demo Server https://partners.eblue.co.ke:5000/webman/index.cgi
username; admin password: 123
On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 5:46 PM, jeremy sinja <jeysinja@gmail.com> wrote: @Bwana Lawi, cloud has disadvantages that are not desirable. Skunks, The cisco rack server and the synology NAS Server have caught my attention. I was previously thinking of HP Envy
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Jeremy try the dlink DNS-320L ( 2 Bay Cloud Network Attached Enclosure with 1* 10/100/1000Mbps port, Green Ethernet, DLNA compliance.1Ghz processor, UK/EU interchangable Plug) for 15,000 and buy 3TB hardisks Each 16,000 prices ex VAT locally available complete with support, below is the link http://www.dlink.com.au/products/?pid=967 On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 1:10 PM, jeremy sinja <jeysinja@gmail.com> wrote:
Hallo Skunks, I am thinking of buying a server but I have limited experience with servers. I want to do file sharing in an office with 15 users. What would you advice me to purchase?
-- Regards Makh' Sinja
The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do
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Consider something simple, free and elegant - and works across Linux/Windows/Android/iOS et al: http://www.bittorrent.com/sync On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Benson Maina <bensonmaina@gmail.com> wrote:
Jeremy
try the dlink DNS-320L ( 2 Bay Cloud Network Attached Enclosure with 1* 10/100/1000Mbps port, Green Ethernet, DLNA compliance.1Ghz processor, UK/EU interchangable Plug) for 15,000 and buy 3TB hardisks Each 16,000
prices ex VAT locally available complete with support, below is the link http://www.dlink.com.au/products/?pid=967
On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 1:10 PM, jeremy sinja <jeysinja@gmail.com> wrote:
Hallo Skunks, I am thinking of buying a server but I have limited experience with servers. I want to do file sharing in an office with 15 users. What would you advice me to purchase?
-- Regards Makh' Sinja
The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do
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Josy Ngatia I am not able to login with credentials "admin", "123" On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com> wrote:
Consider something simple, free and elegant - and works across Linux/Windows/Android/iOS et al:
http://www.bittorrent.com/sync
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Benson Maina <bensonmaina@gmail.com>wrote:
Jeremy
try the dlink DNS-320L ( 2 Bay Cloud Network Attached Enclosure with 1* 10/100/1000Mbps port, Green Ethernet, DLNA compliance.1Ghz processor, UK/EU interchangable Plug) for 15,000 and buy 3TB hardisks Each 16,000
prices ex VAT locally available complete with support, below is the link http://www.dlink.com.au/products/?pid=967
On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 1:10 PM, jeremy sinja <jeysinja@gmail.com> wrote:
Hallo Skunks, I am thinking of buying a server but I have limited experience with servers. I want to do file sharing in an office with 15 users. What would you advice me to purchase?
-- Regards Makh' Sinja
The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do
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Bwana Lawi -
Collins Areba -
Haggai Nyang -
Jacob Nganyi -
James Wanjau -
jeremy sinja -
Josy Ngatia -
mabeya conseray -
Oliver Ndegwa