The current server is a Dell Poweredge T605 Tower with 32GB DDR3 Ram, 2 CPUs, and two 750GB SAS (serial attached SCSI) drives configured for RAID 1. The operating system is Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 standard. The CIO, Auric Goldfinger, has budgeted resources to upgrade the system. He has asked the Director of IT, Max Zorn, and the Tech Support Manager, Nick Nack, to provide the necessary specs for a replacement.

Instructions

Nick Nack has given you (Senior Field Engineer) the task of researching, designing, and outlining a replacement for the old Dell server. Below are the hardware\software requirements:

form factor

Tower or Rackmount

CPU

at least two (preferably four)

RAM

at least 200GB

storage

at least 18TB

power supply

redundant

redundancy

RAID 5 (you can consider an external storage system or NAS)

operating system

Windows server version (enterprise)

technical support

minimum 12 hour onsite support; unlimited 24/7 phone support

NOTE: The chosen vendor (i. e. Dell, HP, etc.) must be one that can satisfy the requirements (that is, no build-it-yourself system!