Looking at virtualization in order to improve the availability and growth of the company

Good day to all,

I work in an archives in the Caribbean and at the present time, we have 5 different servers (some convert office systems and some are old tower servers). We are looking to Virtualization as a good solution to improve our availability and make sure that we have the resources when the business grows. To our current size we might add a new server every 6 months or a year according to our which of our services, we decide to push.

Now, we set a tender for virtualization package, but we're going for the cheapest option we have to charge us at least 1.7 times the actual cost of materials (outdated processors incidentally), software and which include installation services and do they offer support of sale/implementation and all support us would need they have made it clear that if we have any questions we will deal with VMware directly. Now with this in mind my manager asked me to see if we can purhcase the software and our own configuration matΘrielle and the infrasturture.

I already use a vmare for desktop software and I have a fair idea of how this works. I know that vsphere approach can be very different, but as it says no guts no glory... no no pain no gain.

At the present time, the budget I have is $25, 000USD for the hardware (2 servers + managed 24port switch san +) and vmware software.

I've been watching vmare 3.5 and vmware sphere not too sure which one will be a better option to go with. (which would be better in the long term) We definitely want the package with vmotion :).

What I really need advice on is hardware wise?

I price 2 servers dell R710 with the following specifications:

Intel® Xeon® X 5550 2.66 Ghz, 8 M Cache, 6.40 GT/s QPI, Turbo, HT X 5550

Additional processor:

Processor unique only 1 P

Memory:

4 GB (2x2gb), 1066 MHz UDIMM access double for 1 processor, Adv ECC

Configuration of the hard disk:

RAID 1 for PERC 6 / i or SAS 6/iR controllers

PDC:

PERC 6 / i SAS RAID Controller, 2 x 4 connectors, internal, PCIe, 256 MB Cache, x 6

1 hard drive:

160GB 7.2 K RPM SATA 3.5 "HDD hot

Hard drives:

160GB 7.2 K RPM SATA 3.5 "HDD hot

Internal optical drive:

DVD +/-RW ROM, SATA, internal DVD - RW

Riser card:

Card riser with 1 PCIe x 16 + 2 PCIe x 4 Slot PCIEX16 slot

Upgrades feature for embedded NIC Ports:

Double two integrated Broadcom® NetXtreme II 5709 Gigabit Ethernet NIC ports

Network card:

2 x Broadcom 5709 Port double 1GbE NIC with TOE PCIe-4

Integrated management:

iDRAC6 Express IDRCEX

Power supply:

Supply of high performance, redundant, 870W

Power cords:

C13 to C14, PDU Style, 12 AMP, 13 feet (4 m), power cord

Power cords:

NEMA 5 - 15 p to C14 Wall Plug, 125 Volt, 15 AMP, 10 feet (3 m), power cord 125V10F

Rails:

Sliding rails of loans without cables RRNOCMA

Bezel:

Bezel BEZEL

Operating system:

No operating system

System documentation:

Electronic system documentation and Kit DVD OpenManage

The server costs $107.00 Usd 4 each... which comes up to $214.00 far 8. I know that 3 servers would be the best configuration... but I can only afford 2 for now, unless I can get it for 25 k usd.

Now, I've never used one before SAN... so I was talking to dell equallogic guys and their small unit is 24 000 usd what way out of my budget)... What SAN that I can use that would not as expensive that you guys would recommend.

Also what management network switches would you guys recommend?

I know that my company is small, but we have snack Mininal need time to a server falls down and also power of servers to quickly install for testing software.

I hope you guys here can look me in the right direction.

Archiving?  Looks like you need a lot of disk space?  A Dell MD3000i is within your budget, but he has a limit of 45 to on growth.

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