Dear All,
I am new to this forum and while I have made several related searches before deciding to post, I really need some input from people who has actual, on hand experience in installing an running on prem. BC installations. Business field: professional services - sales, finance, inventory and aftersales service.
Background: due to unreliable and often interrupted international internet connection - domestic lines are almost never effected - the only realistic approach is on prem installation.
Company size: 30 - 50 users initially. In 2 - 4 years this is expected to double. Failover solution is a must for us - preferably with 2 servers running in the same time in two geographical locations domestically.
Different consultants recommended different hardware setups but the general approach was:
Hypervisior / site:
- 1x Intel Xeon Gold 6126 12-Core 2.6GHz CPU
- 2x 32GB RAM
- 4x 480GB SSD Drives (In RAID 5 providing circa 1.2TB of usable space – To be used for OS and Application Files)
- 4x 480GB SSD Drives (In RAID 5 providing circa 1.2TB of usable space – To be used for DB files)
- 1x Internal RAID Adapter
- 4x 1Gbps Network Ports
- Full Out-of-Band Management Interface (XClarity Enterprise)
- 2x 750W Power Supplies (Redundant)
Backup server / site:
- 1x Intel Xeon 4110 8-Core 2.1GHz CPU
- 2x 32GB RAM
- 2x 480GB SSD Drives (In RAID 1 To be used for OS and Application Files)
- 4x 1.2TBB 10K SAS Drives (In RAID 5 providing circa 3.2TB of usable space – To be used for Backup storage)
- 1x Internal RAID Adapter
- 4x 1Gbps Network Ports
- Full Out-of-Band Management Interface (XClarity Enterprise)
- 2x 750W Power Supplies (Redundant)
- 1x External (USB) DVD Reader/Writer
While we are looking for a future proof solution, that is preferably scalable, we are not planning to have more than 100 employees in the next up to 4 years. We do not use active directory at the moment, so username/password login is preferred with occasional mobile app access and using HTML access in 90% of the time.
1. Do you agree with these hardware requirements above?
2. Is this the right configuration for a company of this size? Or is it an overkill?
3. Regarding routers, we were recommended several different models, starting from Synology RT2600 up to CISCO ASA5508 models. What router would you guys recommend for an SME?
Let me know what you think please.
John
