Showing posts with label IT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IT. Show all posts

To Serve or Not to Serve?... That is The Question

One of the dilemmas that I am currently facing is whether or not to put a server into our network configuration. The IT department at work as well as a IT savvy friend of mine say that even though it would be overkill I would have a lot of options "for the future" (e.g. proxy server, VLAN, backups, virtual machines etc.), whereas other people that I talk to say that if I get an enterprise grade NAS then it will do all of the tasks that I could possibly need.

What should I do?

The type of server setups, price range wise, are shown below. Systems recommendations are most welcome.

Do you know anyone that runs anything like this at their house?