what servers do you have for how many workstations?

[browolf]

just wondering really.

have got about 700 workstations (including laptops) about 2000 users

and we have

exchange 5.5 NT4 + backup exchange server
ISA2004 win2k
soon to be retired NT4 MS proxy 2
backup server win2k1 (backs all important files from other servers)
SUS/ghost server win2k
2 dedicated print servers (1 being a backup) win2k

3 domain controllers win2k that do all the userareas for about 1800 users (spread between them) a load of cdroms,software that runs from the servers, other data stores & intranet.

[mark]

1 2K3 DC/DHCP/DNS
1 2K Curric FS + Successmaker
1 2K Admin FS + Sims + Admin Shares
1 2K Print Server + Network Shares + CD images etc
3 2K Citrix Application Servers
1 Linux Slackware Email + Intranet + Proxy Server
1 2K SysAdmin share
1 Linux Samba Backup Server

~1000 users
~300 Client machines [including laptops]

So: 8 / 1000 / 300

[jcs808]

3 x DCs for user home directories, printers, DHCP, DNS, WINS etc.
1 x for applications
1 x CMIS and sophos
1 x eportal (not really a server, just an old compaq pc with windows server os)
and 1 more just sat there waiting for me to install the RM online testing stuff. All running windows 2000 server.

about 650 pcs/laptops and about 1350 users.

We've also got one of those Avantis CD image server thingies. I know some people here don't rate these but ours works well enough for me to just leave it plugged and forget about it.

[sahmeepee]

2 x DC, DHCP, DNS
1 x ISA + Web filtering + WSUS
1 x Exchange 2003
2 x file servers
1 x print server
1 x SIMS.net (MS SQL) server
1 x FMS (SIMS finance) server
1 x cashless catering (MS SQL) server
1 x NAS
1 x MOM
1 x Sharepoint, class server
1 x Terminal Server (trying to retire this)
1 x Avantis CDServe (almost retired)
2 x CCTV servers
1 x Partridge in pear tree

~550 clients, 1850 users

Our server setup is well over spec at the moment (long story), but will last us for quite a while now.

[barryfl]

3 x DC, DNS, DHCP
2 x Windows NT Servers - PDC, BDC
1 x Proxy Server
1 x MIS SIMS.NET Server
1 x Multimedia Server
1 x CCTV Server

500 Desktop Clients, 60 CC3 Laptops and 170 Staff Laptops

Baz

[tarquel]

2 x DC, DNS, DHCP & FS [one for admin, one for curriculum]
1 x Exchange 2003 Server [and will be WSUS server too i think when i change it]
1 x win 2k Bromcom e-reg server

approx 80/90 desktops [on last count lol] with 65% Win XPP and 35% Win 98SE

N

[Frazer]

5x 2K3 DC
|- 3x mydocs/fileservers for pupils and staff
|- 1x application server/sophos/ghost
|- 1x Profile(staff)/shortcuts for desktops/startmenus (needs to be replaced/retired)

1x 2K Printspool
1x 2K3 ISA 2000/WSUS

Serving ~1200 pupils / ~100 teachers
~200 workstations / ~150 laptops (70 per dc) All XP Pro SP1
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1x 2K Administration/Sims Server -> trust back to curriculum
Serving ~ 10 admin workstations

[john]

got 16 servers for approx 300 workstations with about 500 users:
File Server - 99.9% of all users files (W2K3),
SQL server for Facility CMIS (W2K3, SQL 2000),
Intranet Server for the school intranet (W2K3, IIS6),
ISA Server 2004 entire school proxy and filter(W2K3, Websense Filtering),
Webserver for eventual remote eportal access(W2K3, IIS6, Facility Eportal),
PDC - DNS Server as well (W2K3)
Exchange 2003 (W2K3)
BDC - Serves all profiles(W2K3)
WSUS (W2K3)
Admin Server - Serves about 30 users files and various shared Admin things, as well as finance, admissions and other admini type packages (W2K3)
Print Server - does DHCP & WINS as well (W2K3)
Not in use yet - Sophos Server - (W2K3)
Not in use yet - Spare basic server (W2K3)
Not in use yet - Apps/IT Tech Server
IT Tech / Apps Server - (W2K) Old workstation to be swapped
Printing Server - (W2K3) - for copier control

[wesleyw]

We have:

2 x DC CC3 RM (DNS/DHCP/Print Server)
1 x PDC NT4
1 x BDC NT4 & Mail Server
1 x SIMS Server
1 x Multimedia Server
1 x Webserver (Intranet)
1 x ContentCache (Avantis paid for by the LEA)
1 X ISA Server (Proxy)

700+ Users / 180 Client Computers (120 Desktops and 60 Laptops, I think lol)

Soon to be upgraded thankfully the email server is now 8 years old!

Wes

[m25man]

Why not use one of the many sizing tools that are out there,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...netarch081.asp

We came across one school that had 11 DC's after fixing a few simple DNS problems we were able to drop this down to 2 and re-assigned the others to member server task roles

[richard]

Lets see:

1 Curriculum Network DC Windows 2K3 also does DHCP DNS SOPHOS and curriculum fileserver
1 Admin Network DC Windows 2K3 also runs SQL SIMS and file server for Admin users
1 ISA 2000 Server Windows 2K3
1 Exchange 2003 Server Windows 2K3
1 Internal Web Server Windows 2K3
2 Print Servers Windows 2K3
1 Tech Support Server (All techie) Will eventually have ghost and WSUS installed on it.
1 Test server for me try break things on first.

This lot serves some 300 pc's and laptops and around 600 users.

[RoyG]

1 Curriculum server - Novell Netware 5.1
1 Admin server - Novell Netware 5.1
1 Web server - Novell Netware 5.1 + Bordermanager

250 workstations, up to 100 laptops, ~1000 clients

RoyG

[CyberNerd]

1800 users
Total 550 laptops/thinclients/pc's (98SE/OSX/2k/XP/Linux-various)

6 Terminal Servers (Citrix) (w2k)
2 DC/DNS (w2k)
1 VLE (w2k3)
1 print server (w2k)
1 RIS/image/backup (w2k3)
1 Helpdesk - RT / Syslog / Cacti (Ubuntu)
1 proxy / student email / intranet (NetBSD)
1 exchange (staff) (w2k)
1 Mailhub / mailfilter / spamassasin (RHEL)
1 CMIS/SQL (2k)

For testing:
1 Smoothwall (testing)
1 Test TS (W2k)

hope to merge some of these together soon with VMWare.

[webman]

We have:

2x Windows 2000 DCs running RM CC3
1x Windows 2000 SIMS.net server also in CC3 domain (one of the first in our area to run integrated SIMS.net/CC3)
1x Linux email server
1x Linux proxy server
2x Linux backup file server

1x Linux web server (testing + development)

and around 250 clients incl. laptops and 800 users total (staff+pupils)