Need Small Office Setup Advice!

[Guest michael_fett@hotmail.com]

Need some advice. I currently have 10 Windows XP Home machines linked

together in a workgroup. One of the machines is setup as a “Server,” even

though it’s just XP Home with a simple file share. The rest of the computers

have a mapped drive to the “server” share. Currently there is no backup of

any kind. My main goal is to just achieve some sort of backup plan, but I

also would like to plan ahead for a WSBS server.

Option 1 – Purchase a WSBS Server, upgrade all machines to XP Pro.

Option 2 – Purchase a Windows Home Server?

Option 3 – Purchase an External hard drive with syncing software. Attach to

“Server.”

Keep in mind that money is very tight right now. Option 1, would probably

be the best but It cannot be afforded at this time. So I’m left with Option

2 & 3. I don’t know anything about a Windows Home Server other than its

supposed to work with XP Home. I was also told that XP Home will not work

with a WSBS Server (Client machines need to be XP Pro)? Does anyone else

have a better option?

 

michael_fett

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: Need Small Office Setup Advice!

 

The date and time was 5/29/2008 7:45 AM, and on a whim,

michael_fett@hotmail.com pounded out on the keyboard:

> Need some advice. I currently have 10 Windows XP Home machines linked

> together in a workgroup. One of the machines is setup as a “Server,” even

> though it’s just XP Home with a simple file share. The rest of the computers

> have a mapped drive to the “server” share. Currently there is no backup of

> any kind. My main goal is to just achieve some sort of backup plan, but I

> also would like to plan ahead for a WSBS server.

> Option 1 – Purchase a WSBS Server, upgrade all machines to XP Pro.

> Option 2 – Purchase a Windows Home Server?

> Option 3 – Purchase an External hard drive with syncing software. Attach to

> “Server.”

> Keep in mind that money is very tight right now. Option 1, would probably

> be the best but It cannot be afforded at this time. So I’m left with Option

> 2 & 3. I don’t know anything about a Windows Home Server other than its

> supposed to work with XP Home. I was also told that XP Home will not work

> with a WSBS Server (Client machines need to be XP Pro)? Does anyone else

> have a better option?

>

> michael_fett

>

 

Hi Michael,

 

If funds are tight and you're just sharing files, you might want to look

into a network drive:

http://www.epinions.com/Network_Storage--reviews--21069_external

 

They connect directly to the network rather than being an external drive

attached to a computer.

 

 

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Terry R.

 

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[Guest michael_fett@hotmail.com]

Re: Need Small Office Setup Advice!

 

HUM!!! Very interesting. I Like that idea, nice work.

 

Any others want to chime in?

 

michael_fett

 

 

"Terry R." wrote:

> The date and time was 5/29/2008 7:45 AM, and on a whim,

> michael_fett@hotmail.com pounded out on the keyboard:

>

> > Need some advice. I currently have 10 Windows XP Home machines linked

> > together in a workgroup. One of the machines is setup as a “Server,” even

> > though it’s just XP Home with a simple file share. The rest of the computers

> > have a mapped drive to the “server” share. Currently there is no backup of

> > any kind. My main goal is to just achieve some sort of backup plan, but I

> > also would like to plan ahead for a WSBS server.

> > Option 1 – Purchase a WSBS Server, upgrade all machines to XP Pro.

> > Option 2 – Purchase a Windows Home Server?

> > Option 3 – Purchase an External hard drive with syncing software. Attach to

> > “Server.”

> > Keep in mind that money is very tight right now. Option 1, would probably

> > be the best but It cannot be afforded at this time. So I’m left with Option

> > 2 & 3. I don’t know anything about a Windows Home Server other than its

> > supposed to work with XP Home. I was also told that XP Home will not work

> > with a WSBS Server (Client machines need to be XP Pro)? Does anyone else

> > have a better option?

> >

> > michael_fett

> >

>

> Hi Michael,

>

> If funds are tight and you're just sharing files, you might want to look

> into a network drive:

> http://www.epinions.com/Network_Storage--reviews--21069_external

>

> They connect directly to the network rather than being an external drive

> attached to a computer.

>

>

> --

> Terry R.

>

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[Guest Frank]

Re: Need Small Office Setup Advice!

 

michael_fett@hotmail.com wrote:

> HUM!!! Very interesting. I Like that idea, nice work.

>

> Any others want to chime in?

>

> michael_fett

>

>

> "Terry R." wrote:

>

>

>>The date and time was 5/29/2008 7:45 AM, and on a whim,

>>michael_fett@hotmail.com pounded out on the keyboard:

>>

>>

>>>Need some advice. I currently have 10 Windows XP Home machines linked

>>>together in a workgroup. One of the machines is setup as a “Server,” even

>>>though it’s just XP Home with a simple file share. The rest of the computers

>>>have a mapped drive to the “server” share. Currently there is no backup of

>>>any kind. My main goal is to just achieve some sort of backup plan, but I

>>>also would like to plan ahead for a WSBS server.

>>>Option 1 – Purchase a WSBS Server, upgrade all machines to XP Pro.

>>>Option 2 – Purchase a Windows Home Server?

>>>Option 3 – Purchase an External hard drive with syncing software. Attach to

>>>“Server.”

>>>Keep in mind that money is very tight right now. Option 1, would probably

>>>be the best but It cannot be afforded at this time. So I’m left with Option

>>>2 & 3. I don’t know anything about a Windows Home Server other than its

>>>supposed to work with XP Home. I was also told that XP Home will not work

>>>with a WSBS Server (Client machines need to be XP Pro)? Does anyone else

>>>have a better option?

>>>

>>>michael_fett

>>>

>>

>>Hi Michael,

>>

>>If funds are tight and you're just sharing files, you might want to look

>>into a network drive:

>>http://www.epinions.com/Network_Storage--reviews--21069_external

>>

>>They connect directly to the network rather than being an external drive

>>attached to a computer.

>>

>>

>>--

>>Terry R.

>>

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Just to add to the good recommendation of terry's, we use WHS in our

business, running WinX, XP & Vista. We love it! It does have a 10 seat

limit, which should suit you just fine.

Frank

[Guest Leythos]

Re: Need Small Office Setup Advice!

 

In article <2D2D81DC-1D10-43A8-8FD7-12B37DF87BA7@microsoft.com>,

michaelfetthotmailcom@discussions.microsoft.com says...

> Need some advice. I currently have 10 Windows XP Home machines linked

> together in a workgroup. One of the machines is setup as a ?Server,? even

> though it?s just XP Home with a simple file share. The rest of the computers

> have a mapped drive to the ?server? share. Currently there is no backup of

> any kind. My main goal is to just achieve some sort of backup plan, but I

> also would like to plan ahead for a WSBS server.

> Option 1 ? Purchase a WSBS Server, upgrade all machines to XP Pro.

> Option 2 ? Purchase a Windows Home Server?

> Option 3 ? Purchase an External hard drive with syncing software. Attach to

> ?Server.?

> Keep in mind that money is very tight right now. Option 1, would probably

> be the best but It cannot be afforded at this time. So I?m left with Option

> 2 & 3. I don?t know anything about a Windows Home Server other than its

> supposed to work with XP Home. I was also told that XP Home will not work

> with a WSBS Server (Client machines need to be XP Pro)? Does anyone else

> have a better option?

 

A 500GB RAID-1 Snap Drive runs about $1,100, so SBS is cheaper, but

still requires a small server.

 

Windows Home Server - not sure, don't know the limits.

 

SBS - you already know all that it provides and it can run on a sub-

$3,000 computer, but you really need some form of backup, and a good

tape drive (LTO-2) will cost you about $1500 with a bunch of tapes.

 

You're going to need a UPS also, even for the snap drive, so figure on

an APC 1500 series or larger, so that you can use it later if not now.

 

I just priced a PowerEdge 840 with RAID-1 in 250GB Drives, 2GB RAM, CPU,

3 year NBD support, and includes SBS 2003 Standard R2 with 5 extra CAL

(10 licenses total) for $1900 before shipping/tax.

 

Yes, you will need XP Pro for all computers to make this work.

 

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