Pookah

Hi! Have been going through various vmware possibilities for my first vm network. Forgive my lack of knowledge but i've been away from I.T. Since 2003. Would like to virtualise the following: AD/file-print server 2k8 r2 Terminal service server 2k8 r2 Administration DB (oracle - less than 80gb) on 2k8 r2 This would be one office and would like to bring about 6 offices with identical setups on same system. Can't budget enough for SAN so we are thinking the following; Two Dell r710 servers w 64 gb ram, two 6 core procs, and about 4tb raid 10. VMware will be on sd cards. Server-a (running vm's) Server-b (replicate vm's via veeam) Need a backup solution as well, preferably at a dr site. Any suggestions or thoughts? One thing to note, i've been pretty much demanded to go with dell and due to limited time have opted to go with vmware/veeam. I will look into linux options in the future. I'm in a HURRY to get this implemented but must get it right. Thanks!

Hi everyone! I've been out of the I.T. World since 2003. Being a single full time father of a three year old daughter, i got back into the game and am facinated at the advances in technology!