Usage Profile: For a company I work for. 10 users, 7 of them very little demanding, 3 use CAD and store workingfiles for this on server, and use email heavily (each of them around 60GB email in 4 years). Large attachments on email (and not possible to move this to cloud etc)
Other information… Today server is DL380P Gen8 E52620v2 32GB RAM, 2x120gb SATA SSD RAID1 and 5 pcs 300GB SAS 10K i RAID6, all from 2014. Struggle with a bit slow response on database for email (at the RAID1), and only 1GB from server to the 24p 1GB-switch. OS on server is ClearOS (RHEL), OS on clients is windows clients, XP, W7, W8 and W10.
Build’s Name: 2018 small-company server
Operating System/ Storage Platform: ClearOS / RHEL, clients is windows clients, XP, W7, W8 and W10. No virtualisation.
CPU: 2 pcs Xeon Silver 4110
Motherboard: SUPERMICRO X11DPH-TQ
Chassis: Chieftec UNC-310RL-B
Drives: 2 x 480GB Intel Optane 900P (one for system, one for mySQL database for email), 1 pcs 2TB Intel DC P4600, all 3 NVMe PCI Express.
RAM: 12 pcs (?) KSM26RS8/8HAI
Add-in Cards: None
Power Supply: Not found yet!
Other Bits: MikroTik Cloud Smart Switch CSS326-24G-2S+RM, 2 pcs 10GB copper
Usage Profile: Firewall/router/content filtering/mail&calendar Zarafa, etc.
Other information…
Disks I think use a 480GB for system, even if OS will "never" need more than 20-30GB. I belive 200GB is max realistic mail-database in future (today around 85GB and growing slowly but steady), and therefore select a 480GB disk there too. Filestorage is about 500GB today, so 2TB should do for some years.
I consider skipping RAID completely and go for PCI Express / NVMe SSDs, to get most performance for money. SSD's like these should be pretty stable, and backup is well taken care of (1 in-house, 1 out of house via external USB-disks, 1 online backup). Motherboard/CPU should be fine, very unsure of memory setup. Kingston says "MODULES MUST BE INSTALLED IN IDENTICAL GROUPS OF SIX to achieve Six Channel bandwidth. " , but I don't understand what Kingston means here. Do they mean to use total 12 pcs (8GB then, 96GB should be fine?)
Price-tag is not set, but I belive we are topping the budget with this setup. Stuff like UPS, rack, screen, we will use the same as today. Bits must be awailable in Norwegian shops like www.proshop.no
All services is to be continued as is, so mailserver is staying at the company, no Gmail/MS-solutions here.
Comments and suggestions is most welcome.
Other information… Today server is DL380P Gen8 E52620v2 32GB RAM, 2x120gb SATA SSD RAID1 and 5 pcs 300GB SAS 10K i RAID6, all from 2014. Struggle with a bit slow response on database for email (at the RAID1), and only 1GB from server to the 24p 1GB-switch. OS on server is ClearOS (RHEL), OS on clients is windows clients, XP, W7, W8 and W10.
Build’s Name: 2018 small-company server
Operating System/ Storage Platform: ClearOS / RHEL, clients is windows clients, XP, W7, W8 and W10. No virtualisation.
CPU: 2 pcs Xeon Silver 4110
Motherboard: SUPERMICRO X11DPH-TQ
Chassis: Chieftec UNC-310RL-B
Drives: 2 x 480GB Intel Optane 900P (one for system, one for mySQL database for email), 1 pcs 2TB Intel DC P4600, all 3 NVMe PCI Express.
RAM: 12 pcs (?) KSM26RS8/8HAI
Add-in Cards: None
Power Supply: Not found yet!
Other Bits: MikroTik Cloud Smart Switch CSS326-24G-2S+RM, 2 pcs 10GB copper
Usage Profile: Firewall/router/content filtering/mail&calendar Zarafa, etc.
Other information…
Disks I think use a 480GB for system, even if OS will "never" need more than 20-30GB. I belive 200GB is max realistic mail-database in future (today around 85GB and growing slowly but steady), and therefore select a 480GB disk there too. Filestorage is about 500GB today, so 2TB should do for some years.
I consider skipping RAID completely and go for PCI Express / NVMe SSDs, to get most performance for money. SSD's like these should be pretty stable, and backup is well taken care of (1 in-house, 1 out of house via external USB-disks, 1 online backup). Motherboard/CPU should be fine, very unsure of memory setup. Kingston says "MODULES MUST BE INSTALLED IN IDENTICAL GROUPS OF SIX to achieve Six Channel bandwidth. " , but I don't understand what Kingston means here. Do they mean to use total 12 pcs (8GB then, 96GB should be fine?)
Price-tag is not set, but I belive we are topping the budget with this setup. Stuff like UPS, rack, screen, we will use the same as today. Bits must be awailable in Norwegian shops like www.proshop.no
All services is to be continued as is, so mailserver is staying at the company, no Gmail/MS-solutions here.
Comments and suggestions is most welcome.