Re: SBS 2008 server with remote branch office - Need Recommendation

In article <83cd7d75-ba21-4acd-b493-
>,
says...
> NOTE: In addition to basic word files, we would like to transfer
> rather large video files back and forth (1.5 GB) in the most effective
> way possible.
>

As a side note, I have two offices in Ca, one in LA one in Beverly
Hills. Both are connected by a point-to-point fiber connection, 10mb
connection, and a 1.7 GB file shows 30 minutes to copy across a Windows
network between two 2008 servers.

You need a quality firewall appliance at both sides of your network,
then you build a IPsec tunnel between then (assuming you're not getting
a P2P fiber connection) and the firewalls take care of the routing.

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In article <19b583d6-6a68-47a5-98a7-cda93600ff16
@f10g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, says...
>
> On Nov 20, 9:29*pm, Leythos <spam999f...@rrohio.com> wrote:
> > In article <83cd7d75-ba21-4acd-b493-
> > 76a671dc6...@m38g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, ringoenglew...@gmail.com
> > says...
> >
> > > NOTE: In addition to basic word files, we would like to transfer
> > > rather large video files back and forth (1.5 GB) in the most effective
> > > way possible.
> >
> > As a side note, I have two offices in Ca, one in LA one in Beverly
> > Hills. Both are connected by a point-to-point fiber connection, 10mb
> > connection, and a 1.7 GB file shows 30 minutes to copy across a Windows
> > network between two 2008 servers.
> >
> > You need a quality firewall appliance at both sides of your network,
> > then you build a IPsec tunnel between then (assuming you're not getting
> > a P2P fiber connection) and the firewalls take care of the routing.
> >
> > --
> > You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little
> > voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that.*
> > Trust yourself.
> > spam999f...@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks so much for the reply...I am definitely interested in this.
>
> Questions:
>
> How much does a 10mb fiber connection cost monthly per location?

Fiber, using Time Warner, about $700/month

> Do you have two SBS servers connected? Or...SBS at primary site, and
> the Server License running on the other?

No SBS at all, we're over 300 users at each location. If I was going to
run SBS like this I would put the SBS at the location with the most
users, including the license server, and I would put local servers at
each remote location. We have more than a dozen servers at the primary
location. I would also use Terminal Server.

In the case of another company, one central location, 20+ remote offices
with 1-10 users at each location, just under 70 licenses in use (SBS).
The central office has SBS and two Terminal Servers and a couple
Application servers for the accounting groups. Large firewall at the
home office, T1 or Biz Cable internet connections with fixed IP to small
firewall at remote locations, almost all remote locations use Neoware or
Wyse terminals to connect through the site-site VPN to one of the
terminal servers - printers are mapped from home office to the IP of the
LAN at the remote offices for each printer.

> What firewall are you using?

WatchGuard X1250e with Pro+UTM options.


--
You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little
voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that.
Trust yourself.
(remove 999 for proper email address)

Ringo,

Leythos is suggesting a great firewall. We use Watchguard for all of our
client's to connect their main offices to their remote locations. The
firewall and its UTM [Unified Threat Managment] solution is easily to
understand and configure. It has one of the best price points of any
firewall appliance.

I hope this helps!

Ed Podowski

"Ringo" wrote:

> On Nov 20, 9:29 pm, Leythos <spam999f...@rrohio.com> wrote:
> > In article <83cd7d75-ba21-4acd-b493-
> > 76a671dc6...@m38g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, ringoenglew...@gmail.com
> > says...
> >
> > > NOTE: In addition to basic word files, we would like to transfer
> > > rather large video files back and forth (1.5 GB) in the most effective
> > > way possible.
> >
> > As a side note, I have two offices in Ca, one in LA one in Beverly
> > Hills. Both are connected by a point-to-point fiber connection, 10mb
> > connection, and a 1.7 GB file shows 30 minutes to copy across a Windows
> > network between two 2008 servers.
> >
> > You need a quality firewall appliance at both sides of your network,
> > then you build a IPsec tunnel between then (assuming you're not getting
> > a P2P fiber connection) and the firewalls take care of the routing.
> >
> > --
> > You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little
> > voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that.
> > Trust yourself.
> > spam999f...@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks so much for the reply...I am definitely interested in this.
>
> Questions:
>
> How much does a 10mb fiber connection cost monthly per location?
>
> Do you have two SBS servers connected? Or...SBS at primary site, and
> the Server License running on the other?
>
> What firewall are you using?
>
> Ringo
> .
>