Hardware spec for a primary school server in 2022

[drkmccy]

I've been spending the last year migrating sites to the cloud so I thought I had installed my last server back in 2019 but we recently gained a couple of primary schools that have 10 year old servers that are on their last legs and I've been asked to spec new kit for them. Both are pretty small (200 kids max) and only need to run the basics so just a DC, a file server with under 1TB or shares and an RDS host for about 5 concurrent sessions max. One site has migrated MIS to Arbor but the other has signed up for another 3 years of SIMS so that one will need a higher spec. I was thinking about getting one of those HPE Microservers for the site using Arbor as they are pretty inexpensive and in stock. The SIMS site has rackmount capacity.

I've not kept up with hardware specs for a few years now hence why I'm asking and there's also the component shortage going on so sourcing recommendations are also welcome. Many thanks.

[ICTDirect_Dave]

This tower server is definitely overspecced for your needs: Refurbished Dell PowerEdge T630 Tower Server - ICT Direct

 

But we could easily strip the spec back and do you something that will last for ages AND be nice and affordable