nffc10
Active Member
Basically my dads company has 6 computers that run a visual basic program for scanning items on the shop floor into an MS Access database. Currently the database and all the relevant files are stored on one of the computers in the office which is left on almost 24-7 to allow the other computers access to the database.
Due to recent hardware failures, they have decided they want a dedicated server setting up for the database to be located on. One thing I've never done is set up any sort of server, I've done home networking and set up their business peer to peer network but nothing else. What would be the best way of doing this?
I've read that it could quite easily be done by building another computer and just putting windows on and still use a peer to peer network, but not use this computer for anything other than a file storage system.
Other options I've come accross are micro servers like this:
http://www.serversdirect.co.uk/Hewl...P_250GB_LFF_150W_PS_Mi_658553-421/version.asp
What would be your recommendation?
Cheers,
Liam
Due to recent hardware failures, they have decided they want a dedicated server setting up for the database to be located on. One thing I've never done is set up any sort of server, I've done home networking and set up their business peer to peer network but nothing else. What would be the best way of doing this?
I've read that it could quite easily be done by building another computer and just putting windows on and still use a peer to peer network, but not use this computer for anything other than a file storage system.
Other options I've come accross are micro servers like this:
http://www.serversdirect.co.uk/Hewl...P_250GB_LFF_150W_PS_Mi_658553-421/version.asp
What would be your recommendation?
Cheers,
Liam