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Planning server storage

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Planning server storage

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When initially configuring your servers, you also need to go ahead and plan out your server storage needs. To do this, you can ask yourself several different questions. One question to ask yourself is, do I want a big file server? If I want a big file server, then a need to plan for a large amount of storage on that server. Another question to ask is, do I want to use several smaller servers? If I'm using several smaller servers, then the storage needs for each server will be smaller then in the previous case. Additionally, I may want to ask myself about virtualization. Do I want to use virtualization on my server? If I want to use virtualization on my server, that will not only impact my storage, but it'll also impact how I configure my network. Another question to ask is, do I have a centralized organization? This means, is my organization centralized in one location, or is it spread out across a large geographical area? If it is spread out across a large geographical area ,then you…

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