Server Hardware recommendations

[krrrrazyk]

Hi All. I want to put together a custom server for Open Dental with 3 or 4 workstations. As there are so many options out there to choose from, I'm wondering what people have found that works well and is adequate to run the software without issues. I know you can spend alot of money on a server and have all kinds of power, but I really just need something that will do the job smoothly with some headroom just in case. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[irfan]

3 or 4 workstations, just use a 5th workstation, it wont use many resources. in your case the best advantage to a server is server-grade reliability. that typically is worth it. if you go that route just get a basic dell entry level server, T3xx or even T1xx series stripped down will be sufficient with RAID1 and a good backup system.

[dgraffeo]

Agreed. For smaller offices, another workstation works just fine. Just make sure people know it's the server and that they probably shouldn't shut it off in the middle of the day