My dad has asked me for a bit of help in that he needs a new slew of PC's at his business.
This is a small business that uses 5 pcs, one of which simply hosts the simply accounting database. I replace these PC's pretty much every 18 months, and im thinking this time I should look into getting some sort of small five server for the 5th, which will simply be responsible for hosting the simply accounting database for the other four.
Am i thinking right? What would I look for in this sort of machine? I'd be looking for dual hard drives at least, as I want to move their backup from what they are using now to just having the machine do it overnight, every night.
Otherwise, im a little lost, so i'm turning to the horde for some insight. I'm unsure about what sort of power and ram would be needed for this relatively mundane task, my main concern being that i'd be looking for stability and backup functions. Hopefully, I could also find a way to give this one LAN access, whilst restricting it from the LAN.
This is a small business that uses 5 pcs, one of which simply hosts the simply accounting database. I replace these PC's pretty much every 18 months, and im thinking this time I should look into getting some sort of small five server for the 5th, which will simply be responsible for hosting the simply accounting database for the other four.
Am i thinking right? What would I look for in this sort of machine? I'd be looking for dual hard drives at least, as I want to move their backup from what they are using now to just having the machine do it overnight, every night.
Otherwise, im a little lost, so i'm turning to the horde for some insight. I'm unsure about what sort of power and ram would be needed for this relatively mundane task, my main concern being that i'd be looking for stability and backup functions. Hopefully, I could also find a way to give this one LAN access, whilst restricting it from the LAN.