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Hi all,
hope I'm posting in the right place and that someone will have some ideas on this.
I have to build a server for a small business and configure the network to be accessable from several locations around the globe.
Spec I have in mind is as follows

ASUS M2N4-SLI NF4 Socket AM2

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 AM2

2x 500GB Seagate 7200 SATA-2 (mirrored raid)

4GB PC6400 Elixir DDR2 800 SDRAM

10/100/1000 Ethernet Card

Microsoft Windows SBS 2003 R2

Please give your thoughts and any suggestions,

Thanks in advance

Madspook

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how many clinents will it be serving at once?

what functions will it be performing (web, database, email?)

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Thanks for the reply,
initially it will be 5 clients as far flung as New Zealand. It will be used for database (sage) all of the stock control, actinic will be on there as I will be managing there site from my place of work.
Madspook

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that server ought to be fine.

Have you ever considered buying secondhand?

you can get a quad xenon, 4gb ram system - soemthing like a compaq proliant - for very little on the preowned/refurb market

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