Hello all. New to the forum but have been know to lurk. Have fairly limited IT knowledge but have always built my own gaming and work PCs. Some years ago I retired an old 2gen i5 and set it up with WHS2011. It has since been upgraded to WS2016 Essentials. Either the power supply or mother board has given up after about 10 years and it turns off intermittently. Time for an upgrade.
Found a decent deal on a Dell T30 with the E3 1220 v5 and 8gb ram. Going to add a 240 gb SSD for the OS and VMs along with any applications. Then plan to set up a Raid 5 for data back up, etc. Utimately will probably add a PCI Sata card to allow for more drives, and migrate into a different case or add a NAS. The roll of this server is PDC, file and print server, VPN unless I decide to use Netgear router for this, RDP gateway, client backup, and media server (mainly music at this time).
After buying the server I stumbled on a deal on some FLIR IP cameras and ended up buy 5 of them. Now I am wondering if I can use the same server to monitor and save the video from the cameras. I purchased a Brocade icx 6430 that I plan to use to connect and power the cameras as well as my server, desktop, and wireless clients connecting to my router. I am thinking I will need to set up a VLAN for the cameras which I am not sure if this will create a problem because the server has a single NIC and will need to serve both networks. I have an HP Pro Curve 3500yl as a backup, but it uses more power and is louder than the Brocade so I think I am going to give the Brocade a try.
So my main concern is whether this server will handle all these roles? Also I am open to any suggestion as to how to structure the network. I think my Netgear router is my DCHP server but I may have to put it in AP mode and add that role to the server.
I also have a 1u Dell Enterprise grade that is older but has dual processors and NICs but I don't have a place to set it up where noise and heat won't be an issue.
Any hardware or other suggestions are greatly appreciated. This should be a great learning experience! Thanks!
Found a decent deal on a Dell T30 with the E3 1220 v5 and 8gb ram. Going to add a 240 gb SSD for the OS and VMs along with any applications. Then plan to set up a Raid 5 for data back up, etc. Utimately will probably add a PCI Sata card to allow for more drives, and migrate into a different case or add a NAS. The roll of this server is PDC, file and print server, VPN unless I decide to use Netgear router for this, RDP gateway, client backup, and media server (mainly music at this time).
After buying the server I stumbled on a deal on some FLIR IP cameras and ended up buy 5 of them. Now I am wondering if I can use the same server to monitor and save the video from the cameras. I purchased a Brocade icx 6430 that I plan to use to connect and power the cameras as well as my server, desktop, and wireless clients connecting to my router. I am thinking I will need to set up a VLAN for the cameras which I am not sure if this will create a problem because the server has a single NIC and will need to serve both networks. I have an HP Pro Curve 3500yl as a backup, but it uses more power and is louder than the Brocade so I think I am going to give the Brocade a try.
So my main concern is whether this server will handle all these roles? Also I am open to any suggestion as to how to structure the network. I think my Netgear router is my DCHP server but I may have to put it in AP mode and add that role to the server.
I also have a 1u Dell Enterprise grade that is older but has dual processors and NICs but I don't have a place to set it up where noise and heat won't be an issue.
Any hardware or other suggestions are greatly appreciated. This should be a great learning experience! Thanks!