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I've got an opportunity for my first client IT job. It's for my friends Dad who works in code enforcement related to buildings and safety. They need a server to store basic files, Excel, Word, PDFs, etc and they need to be able to all log into the server and access said files remotely. Building a physical system for this would be easy enough, however what operating system this server should be running and setting up the networking side of this is a little outside of my comfort zone.

 

Anybody know what resources I can look at to get a server like this up and running? 

  1. BuckGup

    BuckGup

    I'm just gonna say it now and save everyone time and money. Yes you could go for an in house solution but the biggest concern for something like this is data retention and backup. You don't want the server to crash and they loose everything or a fire takes it out and everything is gone. Use a service like OneDrive. It might cost more in the long run but saves on any maintenance, backups, and has a nice GUI that supports syncing across many different devices.

  2. captain_to_fire

    captain_to_fire

    Windows Server 2019 Essentials? Fedora? Maybe @wkdpaul or @leadeater can help. 

  3. leadeater

    leadeater

    Better off with an Office 365 subscription and using Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive. Building out server infrastructure and getting the remote access setup securely, also with all the ongoing maintenance, just isn't worth it for the requirements listed.

     

    Without a need to run local application servers Cloud/Software as a Service should be the first point of call and even with that need should be preferred option for file storage etc.

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