[Year 12 SofDev] OT: servers for VPN [Scanned]

[Terry Rule]

Hi Andrew
Here is a response from one of our support staff:
 

            If reliability and service are criteria here, then I would suggest a tier one vendor (HP, IBM or Dell are at this level).

 

Probably the most important thing is to provision both machines with some redundant components to ensure that a single failure in something will allow continued reliable operation until a spare is supplied. To this end a redundant power supply and redundant hard disks would be of use - the former would generally rule out most clone type boxes for this situation.

 

Make sure any support agreement with a tier one vendor covers you adequately - your location being outside of a capital city can change things.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Rgds

JohnR

 

John Robb
Systems Administrator
Brighton Grammar School
90 Outer Crescent
Brighton Victoria 3186 Australia
P(03) 8591 2200 
D (03) 8591 2223
F (03) 9592 6001

regards
 
Terry Rule
Brighton Grammar School

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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Andrew Grimshaw
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Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] OT: servers for VPN [Scanned]


HI every1
 
pls excuse cross posts
 
next year we are implementing a multicampus VPN and are looking to buy some servers to run it
 
there are 2 competing schools of thought (pun intended):
 
group A want to purchase from a local supplier they have been with for a long time who make custom machines. excellent service history, only the best quality parts
 
group B  have been dealing with one of the large suppliers and wish to continue with them - again they have been using this company for years and are very happy with both product and service
 
price-wise and spec-wise the servers are almost indentical
 
personally, i would be happy to go with either - as a teacher i just want a system that works and i want it up and running for the start of 2008!
 
anyway, to assist in reaching a consensus between the 2 groups, i was hoping to get some feedback from others who've already set up a similar network - to find out what hardware they've used - reliability and service are the principal criteria
 
thx
andrew grimshaw
colac college

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