WIndows Server Domain

[chef]

I did have, but I recently retired it in favour of a QNAP NAS.

what sort and how much do they retail for?

[spoons]

1) Install Windows Server 2003
2) Start -> Run -> DCpromo

Follow the wizard... you have AD with DNS, DHCP etc etc all preinstalled and configured.

Oppps... did I just let a massive secret outta the bag on that one? lol

HTH
TM

That's £1000 a day consultancy you have just blown there

[lilelvis2000]

So this can be done afterwards at any time...good enough for me.

I've already told my client its a couple hundred more for all that.
I was just gonna go peer-to-peer..which is how I have running my office of 8 PCs.

[voodooflux]

what sort and how much do they retail for?

I went for the QNAP TS-209 Pro II and it was around £250 quid for the NAS itself, then I picked up a couple of 1TB Samsung drives to go with it.

The TS-509 Pro also looks like a decent bit of kit, but that's closer to £600.

The "Pro" models support Active Directory for integration into a Windows based network.

[themistry]

So this can be done afterwards at any time...good enough for me.

I've already told my client its a couple hundred more for all that.
I was just gonna go peer-to-peer..which is how I have running my office of 8 PCs.

I would go for the domain.

You can then setup roaming profiles on a seperate NAS device to allow them to log into any machine and take their documents + settings within them.

Secondly, the NAS ought to be redundant in the case of failure. You can then tape backup from a single source.

Domain = 30 mins work. But you can charge a day to get it all configured (i would). Some things like DNS, user accounts etc can take a little while to setup.

Configuring roaming profiles, takes a bloody week to iron out all the cracks!

TM

[themistry]

That's £1000 a day consultancy you have just blown there

[portseven]

Or get them to buy a cheap server with Linux, there is a package called Samba that can make Linux a DC if you really want to.

Ubuntu do a relatively OK server version

[Netraider]

Or get them to buy a cheap server with Linux, there is a package called Samba that can make Linux a DC if you really want to.

Makes a change from "Get a Mac"

[lilelvis2000]

Or get them to buy a cheap server with Linux, there is a package called Samba that can make Linux a DC if you really want to.

Ubuntu do a relatively OK server version

I've got Ubuntu in my office - SAMBA, CUPS, dnsmasq, ntp on a
Celeron 667Mhz, 640M RAM...runs brilliant. As long as I don't use the GUI..

I offered Linux as a free server..but apparently he has a off-site person who is gonna use LogMeIn and thus would need Windows on the target.

Apparently the client gets "free" Windows licences from his brother who is a director of a company..hmmmmm