Need server setup with 4 workstations

[0x161]

Currently a customer has 4 workstations with a mix of Win 7/8 home editions of windows. All workstations need to be upgraded to Windows 7 Pro (2 workstations) and Win 8 Pro (2 workstations). Need a small HP or Dell server (which one do you recommend) that will host a mapped drive for shared storage and offline files/folder redirection for the workstations? Server will eventually host Quickbooks as well via RDP but not right now. Server will also need to run 2 backups, one local and one to cloud, for the profiles and mapped drive. Current need for stored data is less then 100GB. And I need to include UPS for server, 5 port gigabit switch, and 2 ethernet cables.

How much money (estimate) would it cost strictly to do hardware? How much you think I should charge my customer for hardware and labor costs? All help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Geoff]

So just so I understand this right, a company in contracting you out to provide a server and backup solution, as well as updating the client workstations, and you are asking us to give you a list of parts, costs, and how much you should charge your client for the work you had us do?

 

[voyagerfan99]

So just so I understand this right, a company in contracting you out to provide a server and backup solution, as well as updating the client workstations, and you are asking us to give you a list of parts, costs, and how much you should charge your client for the work you had us do?

I was thinking something similar.... If you don't know what to get, then why did they hire you?

 

[DaveSi677]

As I was reading this and saw the word client I was like how do you even get hired for the job?

If you don't even know what hardware to get I don't even want to think about whats going to happen when you have to configure the server. Do you even know how to use a server OS?