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File Server Installation and Configuration
As a small business grows there comes a point when the company data needs
to be stored in a central place. Security, access to sensitive data and data
backups become more important. At that point your company needs to invest in
a dedicated file server.
What is a file server?
A file server acts as a central store for all the company's key data. Any
PC can be installed as a file server, but the specialist hardware typically
has some big advantages:
- High performance processors, servers can have multiple processors to
share the workload.
- Fast and large amounts of memory, upwards of 2 GB of RAM.
- Large, high speed, fault tolerant disk drives. Special disk
configurations that can keep the data intact even if a disk drive fails.
Commonly called RAID technology.
- Low profile and rack mountable.
- Duplicated power supplies to maintain the system even if one power
unit fails.
Windows Server Software
When you install a server you need an operating system, one of the most
popular is the Windows Server range. The range contains products aimed at
the small business right through to the massive international corporate. The
windows server software has many features, here are a few key ones:
- Network wide user logons, a central place to validate users and
passwords.
- Allow access to networked disk drives and printers based the the
permissions granted to a user.
- Secured data, only users with the correct user permissions can look
the files they are allocated.
- Enforce network wide PC restrictions, disable PC settings and access
to local disks.
- Allow users to 'dial in' securely from home, using broadband internet
connections.
- Scheduled backups of the company's data.
Proxy Servers
What is a proxy server?
A proxy server acts as a gateway between the internet and the local
network.
The Proxy server acts a filter for all of the internet
traffic. It can manage and monitor all of the traffic to and from your
networked PCs. Using a proxy you are able to limit the site users can visit,
even limit the content of the sites visited. It can also help filter out
malicious web pages which may be trying to insert viruses on to the client
PCs.
Businesses wishing to exert precise control over internet
usage, a proxy server is a must.
We can help you source hardware and software at realistic prices, install
and configure your new system.
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