Sugguestion on buy small business server

[frankyvang]

All -

I'm looking to buy small business server for the office. I'm looking for the server to be the same size as a Lenovo TS130.

Any recommendation? Or should I just get the TS130. I would prefer to not build one but get one from one of the big brand names.

Location: US
Price Range: Less than $3K

 

[General Kenobi]

No recommendation on hardware from me as servers aren't my speciality, but remember to run Linux and Apache! 😉

 

[Blain]

ThinkServer TS430
(CPU Option: Xeon E3-1220)
(Memory Option: 8GB ECC)
(Warranty Option: 5-year LOR 9x5 Next Business Day)
4 x WD (Black or RE4) HDs in RAID 10 array

 

[mfenn]

No recommendation on hardware from me as servers aren't my speciality, but remember to run Linux and Apache! 😉

I think that by "small business server" he is referring to Windows SBS.

Anyway, OP there is really no way that we can make an informed recommendation with so little info to go on. What will this server be doing? Will you be using any shares locally hosted on this machine? What about backups? How many clients/users?