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Subject: Branch Offices
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Jonathan Edwards User is Offline
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6/08/2008 08:50 PM  
Greetings,
 
Last October we gained a new client and set them up with a Small Business Server 2003 Std. They have 6 users and host their own email.
 
We provided them with a server with RAID1 and 4GB RAM.
 
I have been contacted by them again to say they are opening a further three offices. One in August, one in November, one next March.
 
The buildings where the main office and subsequent offices are located are all managed IT. By this I mean, all the switches, routers, firewalls and links are managed by the buildings IT.
 
I am looking for a solution to the new offices. All the offices will contain no more than 6 members of staff.
 
Would you place a DC in each office?
 
I was thinking of upgrading the main server, then rebuilding the existing server as a DC in one of the branches.
 
Would you put a DC in each office with only 6 members of staff?
 
Jonathan
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6/09/2008 12:35 AM  
Depends on what exactly is required by those 6 users. Normally I would say no, because it just doesnt call for it.

If any of the others offices are bigger then it may make sense. If all these users require is email and some file services then I would set them up with RPC over HTTPS and use sharepoint for file services or FTP.

It may make sense to upgrade the Main Office server to something more powerful thou.
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Jonathan Edwards User is Offline
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6/12/2008 06:52 PM  
I've had a meeting today and the goalposts have moved somewhat.

I now have to plan the IT for 7 offices. It needs to be "robust, secure & have high availabilty"

They need to run Sage accounting software and sage act. This needs to be accessible from all offices.

What implementation do you think?

A RAID5 SBS with a Terminal server for the sage apps?

Any suggestions would be greatly received!
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6/16/2008 01:12 PM  
Hi Jonathan,
 
We run a similar setup, although just 1 remote office. Sage Client on the TS runs very well indeed for our remote users.
 
Depending on the usage, Sage may slow down your SBS a lot, if possible I'd install it on a separate member server
 
Marc
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