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Ok currently DL380 G5 5x 10k SAS 146gb drives, also getting some more memory to take up to 8gb got 3com 4500g switches x2 and some baseline switches About to order a ML115 with 4 500 gb HDDs and 8gb ram And was going to order a qnap 439, but not too sure on this although storage in a rack would be nice couple of boxes with linux on and also couple of boxes with lab servs on. all server stuff is 2003 std but am going to upgrade to 2008 r2 which current server will run and ml115 will run. Thanks

chris, I was hoping to use the virtulisation for hardware consolidation. It would be a free version. Esxi or xen or hyperv. This would allow me to put my linux proxy on and save having boxes all over the comms room. Currently we dont have a BDC and next to nothing in regards to any failsafes concerning the current DC, just data and sys state backups. i am stating this so you can see that i am not maybe going to be in a worse position if i dont have failover. I would still have to rely on current backup strategies. But i would poss be in better postion with a BDC. I was wondering how much load a DC is on a vm. If its going to be better to have a DC directly on the hardware on its own then i will keep it this way. The BDC i could run on the esxi (but as raid5 only)? Then i can use this for the linux proxy too and poss lab servers? Thanks

Sounds like the only way to get round this in a reasonable budget would be to build own NAS, as all qnap stuff is sata and its STILL expensive

not looking good for vm ware setup at this rate. Maybe the old dl380 g5 server could be raid 1+0 to hold the vmware images. Thats got 5 SAS drives in at moment. Seperate question: Why do you only run the esxi on a machine and not use the harddrive to hold the images also? Bad practice?

Hello, Thanks for the video, i liked it. I was a bit that my 2 servers are different architectures so i cant move my VMs to different hardware. tut. Nevermind though. I can still move the vm images to different storage areas. My QNAP 439 will not support raid 1+0, so wahts best option for tht if i use this to store images. My new server could be RAID 1+0 like that. Great As for my current server DL380 g5, SHOULD this be raided like this if its virtulised, and should it be raided like this anyway or would you only do that if its going to be a virtual host? Thankyou

Thanks for info and video Chris, I was just put off about using central storage on a QNAP 439 after reading that post : If that is the case, i would be looking at keeping the VMs on local HDD or the other servers HDD Thanks

It will be a secondary DC ta

The data growth has been slow in the primary school i work at. But cant be sure they wont start video editing next month! But i could then up the drive space couldnt I if i needed. not many clients reading and writing data all at once. So medium to light load. thanks

I am looking at the ML115, but might be able to squeeze a few more quid off the boss. Does anyone recommend any other options or should i stick with this highly recommended model? Thanks.

Hi, I seen that the 2.5" versions are cheaper. Does that mean they are rubbish? QNAP SS-839 Pro 8 Bay 2.5 NAS Enclosure with iSCS - Misco.co.uk

I tried to find the difference between the 419 and the 439 and the SP and RP Can you help? Thanks

Hi, How much ram is recommended by you guys for Windows 7 laptop Ta

Thanks HP ProLiant ML115 G5 Server series specifications - HP Small & Medium Business products Mentions them on here thats why i asked.

Can i ask whether it is better to install SAS or SATA in ML115 Server HP ProLiant ML115 G5 Tower Server - Misco.co.uk Also I wondered if this QNAP TS-439U SP/RP - Four Drive QNAP NAS - NAS takes both SAS and SATA, it seems to just list SATA. Thanks

Hiya Chris, Could you just clarify about this esix thing for me plz? I get the impression that you dont have anything on this server its all (VMs etc) residing on shared storage? Is that right? If so could i install the esxi on the HDD and have the VMs etc on shared storage, i have run VMs like this before i think, but wondered if things would be slower. Would it be tricky to have exsi see the external storage for the initial setup? Thanks

thanks for all info everyone

Ye rack is better

No just want the most i can get and i sometimes see the toshibas with this amount in

Am under the cosh to get an order in on hardware and am looking at NAS servers as part of that. Has anyone any knowledge of this model? QNAP TS-419U 1U NAS Server Enclosure with iSCSI - Misco.co.uk Thanks a lot

Think I want 4gb ram though

Just so the post on edumove gonna have a look now. What do we think of this model: QNAP TS-419U 1U NAS Server Enclosure with iSCSI - Misco.co.uk

I was thinking really about NAS so that i wouldnt have to migrate data if i needed to demote a server for an upgrade or any other reason. Not sure how all that works with a NAS anyway, but i thought it would be simpler if the DC didnt have the data on it, hence it wouldnt need moving about

Cheers Old server prob needs more RAM too. Whats the best method of moving users folders and data from one DC to another or from DC to NAS Ta

Nice diagram by the way. I am looking at the NAS boxes seems that LG N2B1D NAS Enclosure with Integrated Blu-ray - Misco.co.uk this only has 2 bays this QNAP TS-419U 1U NAS Server Enclosure with iSCSI - Misco.co.uk looks better, but would it be cheaper to have another ML115 and maybe I could get this to be a decent NAS. And then there is this type QNAP TS-410 4 Bay NAS Enclosure with iSCSI - Misco.co.uk wondered why its suggested to use the ML115 as the esxi server over the DL380? Thanks.

Hi The idea of having a seperate storage area independent to the domain controllers sounds great. I am thinking that if i have to upgrade a server or something, i then do not have to worry about migrating the data(which is one thing i am worrying about although it might be simple) If my NAS is dumb(which i presume it will tell me if its CIFS or not in description), is it straight forward to map the drives through windows server, as if its on the servers local drive? Thanks