I'm in the process of building a new server!!! Just got the last part this week. Been buying over the past month when a good deal was found.

My plan is to run Windows 2008 with Hyper-v and move this physical to a VM and run a few other VM's as test beds. My long term goal is to create a new 2008VM and move the site to that.


Quad core 9550(2.8ghz 12MB)
10GB ram
1TB drive for the OS(s)
2TB drive for files. Both will be mirrored so 4total.

So, there might be random downtime. I will post updates in this thread.

Phase 1:
A:Create a secondary backup of the 2003 server in case I need to revert to backup, and the nightly backup's fail.
Estimated Downtime:12+ Hours
Actual Downtime: Not completed

B:Remove physical parts in current server and build a temporally home for "old server" to allow build of new server. Run new Cat5 to temp location.
Estimated Downtime:4 Hours
Actual Downtime: Not completed




Phase 2:
A:Start build.....

Still havent started, lol. Way too busy. Hopefully soon!