Server buying and configuration help

[MohammadKayed]

I am planing to buy new server for my company .

the purpose of the server to use domain controller roles and for file sharing of our projects ( like a storage ) and i am planing to use SAS storage

so i need help which server is good to go for including the storage like a link or name or any small help , also i need to know what is the best why to configure it

is it ti use the main windows as AD and file sharing or use two hyper-v one as AD and the other one as file sharing.

thanks all

[KuJoe]

If it's for your company then contact HP or Dell directly. Make sure you get the appropriate warranties and SLAs. There's nothing worse than a server dying and work halting for 1-2 business days.

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

AD is a central point of failure that can be exploited. its common to put AD in its own machine

[gtx1060=value]

dell, hp, lenovo even, just contact them or if you want cheap, buy used poweredges and add in your own storage

[Dark]

How many users?

One domain? A forest?

Storage requirements?  Just file sharing?  Roaming desktop?

What other services, if any, is the company asking for?

 

As mentioned, it's better to keep your DC(s) solo from other services.  You COULD do a single box with multiple VM's but you're better off with a single, low power server for the DC while virtualizing other services (file share, secondary DC, etc).

[ultimatemythbuster]

If you can in any way afford it, I would highly recommend placing your domain controller on a dedicated machine.  The domain controller is the most important server in an AD domain.  If you can't afford the extra hardware, you could at least run a hypervisior on the server so that your domain controller can be a separate virtual machine.  This would not protect you from a hardware failure but would protect from software conflicts.