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DELL SMALL BUSINESS SERVERS: THINK NOW, THINK AHEAD
Networking Basics for Small Business

It is accepted among IT professionals that a company can avoid big expenses by updating its server hardware and software every three years. Upgrading your server network system with new software, servers and storage solutions before you experience a problem has many advantages, not the least of which is avoiding a loss of productivity.

Need to upgrade to Windows®  Server 2008? Developed for companies with up to 75 employees, Microsoft®  Windows®  Small Business Server 2008 software is an award-winning solution designed to increase your employee's productivity, enhance your customer relations and better protect your sensitive data. In one affordable, integrated operating system, Microsoft®  Windows®  Small Business Server 2008 will provide your company with many of the functions/features used by large businesses, including e-mail, Internet, Intranet, remote access, mobile device support, file and printer sharing and backup and restore. Additionally, installation of Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 is now quicker and easier with a redesigned management console and new, improved on-screen wizards to help with tasks such as adding new users, creating websites, managing shares and backing up files.

For many small businesses, server network systems have become such an integral part of their company's success that serious consequences can occur when their server system experiences failure. Realistically, the disruption the user experiences can range from a slight delay to an extensive application restart. By adding more servers to your network instead of upgrading the single server you already possess, you can improve your network service and significantly minimize downtime.

PowerEdgeTM  T105 Economical Networking The most economically priced Dell server, the PowerEdge T105 helps your company make an easy move to a business-class network.

PowerEdgeTM  T100 Ideal First Server Dell's PowerEdge T100 is durable, offers excellent performance and security features, and can be configured to your exact specifications.

PowerEdgeTM  T300 Superior Productivity The PowerEdge T300 introduces a new, advanced 1-socket chipset and processors designed for superior performance and high availability features.

PowerEdgeTM  T605 Secure Remote Connections With outstanding security features Dell's PowerEdge T605 is an ideal server solution for your remote-to-main-office connection.

Add storage to your network

As a small business owner you understand the value of file sharing over a network, and as employees are added to your roster and new software to your network library, your storage needs increase dramatically. Network-attached storage products make file sharing and backup easier than ever. These solutions offer plenty of useful features for small businesses and home offices, and they're also less expensive than full-fledged file servers.

Tape Backup Reliable, Affordable Data Protection Dell's highly reliable, competitively priced PowerVaultTM  tape backup devices are designed to keep your missioncritical data safe. Tape backup systems exist for needs ranging from backing up the hard disk on an individual system to backing up large amounts of stored data for archiving and disaster recovery purposes.

Disk Backup Simple, Fast Storage Solution Dell's PowerVault disk storage devices deliver a powerful new way to conduct backup and restore operations - a way that brings disk technology’s simplicity, automation, speed and investment protection to your small business network.

Networked Storage Specialized Storage Server Dell's cost-effective and convenient storage NAS servers can be deployed quickly and easily on a network and offer a low total cost of ownership (TCO) by providing rapid deployment, built-in multi-platform file sharing services and security, excellent data protection and system availability.

Disk Storage Array High Performance, Direct Attached Storage Dell's PowerVault disk storage array is predominantly used for shared storage between two clustered servers. Its redundant architecture includes dual active-active RAID controllers, mirrored cache, and I/O multi-pathing to achieve a high degree of data availability.