Im planning on setting a server for a small bussiness need some help

[Gamer? LETS!]

So my father tasked me with the job of setting up a server for his work. he said that its a small office so doesnt need to be the best. But i dont know alot about servers. So i turn to you guys for some help. I would like scalability and also redundants would be nice. But i am having trouble figuring out what to go with. Should i get a rack with some server boxs like linus? but thats to expensive for a small business its not very cost effective. So i thought a NAS but will that be enough? How will i set it up for dozens of people? I thought a network switch? But again im not to familiar with all this. The reason im doing this is because my dad thinks im some computer/server nerd. Computer nerd. YES. Server nerd? No. Buut i thought hey it shouldnt be very hard why not do it? But im stuck. 

[Stormseeker9]

How much storage is needed? How many clients are on the network at your fathers office? What budget is in mind?

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1 minute ago, Stormseeker9 said:

How much storage is needed? How many clients are on the network at your fathers office? What budget is in mind?

Storage amount - unknown. He just said enough to last awhile. So im guessing at least 50TB. Client # - At least a dozen. Budget depends aslong as the price matches the value. 

[Firewrath9]

I'd get a Supermicro X9 board, dual xeon e5-2630l v2s, and a couple raid cards, and something like 6-8TB drives

 

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1 hour ago, Firewrath9 said:

I'd get a Supermicro X9 board, dual xeon e5-2630l v2s, and a couple raid cards, and something like 6-8TB drives

 

I can get the mobo for about 400$. Those zeons tho are a bit hard to get where i live unless im willing to get some from china... And raid cards hmm. Those are for redundants right? This seems sort of simple enough its just putting together a normal pc almost. And what software should i be using to run this server? Are there some youtube tutorials to make sure i set everything up correctly??

[jake9000]

You should log on to the old server and find out what Server roles are enabled / what data is on it / what 3rd party software it's running before you try to spec out a new one. Don't just throw out numbers from nowhere. 

[iyates]

If you don't want a DIY project, or if power and space are a concern, synology, qnap and drobo make some pretty great little nas boxes that can fit 8 drives and use ~60W while taking up about half as much space as a mid-tower. Just make sure you populate them with NAS grade drives.

[Kilrah]

Would be good to first know exactly what that server is supposed to do... serve things, but what things? Design depends on that.

[Electronics Wizardy]

What exactly are these clients are you doing?

 

But really get someone here who knows what there doing. I have seen many solutions from small buinesses that turn into a mess as the person setting it up had no idea what they were doing.

 

Also id probably look at cloud solutions like gsuite/O365. Then you don't have to worry about server failure, updates and lots of other things.