bbulmer

Hey all, I have a question on initial configuration of a few servers. Basically I have two servers, and 4 roles I need to complete. First Server: Dell R410 Standard with 6TB SATA Raid 5, 6GB Mem, Windows 2008 Server standard R2 64Bit. Second: Dell R715 Standard with 146GB SAS 10Krpm Raid 1, 12GB Mem, Windows 2008 Server sTandard R2 64Bit. 6 Drive bays open. 50 domain users, only about 25 connected at any given time, non-roaming profiles. DC is just used for authentication and Management/Group Policy. Server 1 is currently our AV server, SEP, and backup server, although only about 6 other servers, and less than 1TB of data actually back up to it. Server 2 is in the works to be the domain controller ,and the RDP (previously TSS) server for max 5 simultaneous connections running some extremely simple Dos based apps, converted to windows, so extremely small apps. I've read a lot of articles that say that RDP server and DC roles should not be on the same server. Do you all think with what I have spec'd above, that I will encounter any issues with running RDP on my DC? Other Suggestions? Domain and Backup on server 2, and AV and RDP on Server 1? Thanks!

Hey all, Just wanted to introduce myself, Brian. I've been in IT coming on 20 years this next year. Covering everything, Windows, *nix, and OSX. I'm more of a Solaris and Mac OS X Server expert and maintain dozens, but only a few 2008 servers so far. Lately, I've had to set up quite a few, as one of my small businesses consults is growing rapidly, and finally decided to throw some money into the IT budget. Woo-hoo! So I've got some general questions coming at you guys, your help and recommendations would be extremely appreciated. Thanks, and glad to be on board.