We have what we believe to be an aging dell power edge 1800 server. It has 2gb of RAM, Intel Xeon 3GHz processor, a tape backup, and for space the OS drive is running low as is the General Storage drive. It is RAID.
We have an office of around 15 people right now and we are using it as an Exchange Server and Network Storage. We have shared Excel files getting much heavier use by many users at the same time that's scary and slow at times. They often get corrupted. We also are running an Access db with front ends on users computers and back-end on the server. Problem is that the Excel and Access programs experience slowdowns often especially excel. The other things is we're afraid of data loss in case of hard drive failure.
I have been charged with looking into upgrading our server and adding better backup routines.
What are your thoughts on our current server and environment it's being used in?
Any suggestions as to whether I should buy a new server replacing the current one, buy a lower end one to manage file sharing and leave email to the old one. I'm needing advice as to what direction to head.
We have an office of around 15 people right now and we are using it as an Exchange Server and Network Storage. We have shared Excel files getting much heavier use by many users at the same time that's scary and slow at times. They often get corrupted. We also are running an Access db with front ends on users computers and back-end on the server. Problem is that the Excel and Access programs experience slowdowns often especially excel. The other things is we're afraid of data loss in case of hard drive failure.
I have been charged with looking into upgrading our server and adding better backup routines.
What are your thoughts on our current server and environment it's being used in?
Any suggestions as to whether I should buy a new server replacing the current one, buy a lower end one to manage file sharing and leave email to the old one. I'm needing advice as to what direction to head.