Shepparton PC Doctor

Get the Right Server for your business

Looking for your first server is a lot like looking for a new staff member.  They are going to be with you for some years to come, and form an integral part of your business’s infrastructure.  You know that hiring the cheapest labour isn’t always best value, so why would you do the same with such a vital piece of business equipment?

A good server needs to fit a number of criteria, and here are some important differences between and real Server and a Desktop PC that runs server software.

1. Designed for 24/7 operation. 
2. Designed to run under heavy load for extended periods
3. Designed for multiple users to read/write simultaneously to the disks
4. Designed for redundancy - if a component fails, the server will keep running. 
5. Don’t have unnecessary hardware (sound cards, wifi, bluetooth, etc) which use valuable resources.

In each of the above, using a desktop PC to host your business’s critical information will leave you open to unnecessary risks.  If a hard disk fails on a desktop, it shuts down, while on a server it keeps going, and can even repair itself.  If a power supply blows, the PC stops, where a server with redundant power supplies will keep going.  Same for network cards and memory.

If this all sounds expensive, it doesn’t have to be.  We have server packages from IBM and HP starting from only $1,427ex GST.  While these entry-level servers don’t have all the features of the enterprise-class models, they provide a much higher degree of integrity for your data than any desktop would.

IBM System x3200 M2 Windows Server Foundation

Intel Pentium E5300 2.66GHz Dual Core CPU
1GB RAM, 1 x 160GB HDD
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation Edition

RAID 0,1 simple-swap SATA2 (3Gb/s) disk system
Upgradeable to 8GB RAM, 4 x 1.5TB 3.5" SATA2 HDD
Single-socket entry-level server for up to 15 users

$1,427 ex GST

IBM System x3200 M2 Small Business Server Standard

Intel Xeon X3360 Server-class Quad-Core CPU @ 2.83GHz
4GB RAM, 2 x 146GB SAS Hard Disks
Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 Standard Edition

RAID 0,1 hot-swap SAS (6Gb/s) disk system
Upgradeable to 8GB, 4 x 900GB SAS 2.5" Hard Disks
Single-socket entry-level server for up to 75 users*

$3,081 ex GST

Fully-redundant, rack-mountable models featuring additional power supplies, hot-swap disks, hot-swap memory, failover networking, etc are also available at excellent prices, as is anything in between. 

Ask us for an obligation-free assessment of your business’s needs and let us design a server for you.  We work out exactly what you need and why, and provide full quotes, installation and maintenance services if needed.

We recommend IBM servers, and can also supply HP, Asus, Lenovo and Fujitsu