I'm starting a new office, hopefully it'll be open in 3-4 months so it's time for me to start making decisions on hardware and OD setup. i'm lucky to have my friend helping me with ideas on network setup and hardware options. Here's a list of some technical questions that my friend gave to me. I guess some of them are just for me to decide, but some of them I do not know what to tell him. I'll post everything with my answers (where apply) and hope you guys can chime in with ideas or suggestions.
- Server machine. How much space for data? How fast should CPU be, what's a minimal requirements and suggested size of memory? He suggests I should use linux on server side, it is only going to host MySQL initially, maybe some services (like VPN and proxy servers) later. I am absolutely comfortable with managing linux box, but need to know if linux based installations receive the same level of support or not. Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems to me that OD program itself is not needed on server machine, only a database, which is mysql. Right?
- MySQL - what is the version I am looking to install?
- NAS. What's recommended? Externalized backup or archive?