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Rathji · 07-16-2013, 08:58 AM

More reliable? Perhaps. More cost effective for an extremely small business, almost certainly.

As for which to choose, it really depends on what you need a server for.

If you are just storing files and need email, you can easily do with Office 365 (or Google Docs) and something as simple as a NAS (or Dropbox/Google Drive). There are web based accounting, CRM, ERP packages etc that can likely handle most of the other things you need, but it really depends on your business.

IMHO, the only part of this that likely needs any sort of professional assistance is someone to figure out what you need. Like Scott said, many small businesses end up getting way more than they need for something like this and have something that is cost prohibitive to maintain if something goes wrong, and the cloud has made that largely unnecessary.

07-16-2013, 08:58 AM	#20
Rathji Franchise Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl Exp:	More reliable? Perhaps. More cost effective for an extremely small business, almost certainly. As for which to choose, it really depends on what you need a server for. If you are just storing files and need email, you can easily do with Office 365 (or Google Docs) and something as simple as a NAS (or Dropbox/Google Drive). There are web based accounting, CRM, ERP packages etc that can likely handle most of the other things you need, but it really depends on your business. IMHO, the only part of this that likely needs any sort of professional assistance is someone to figure out what you need. Like Scott said, many small businesses end up getting way more than they need for something like this and have something that is cost prohibitive to maintain if something goes wrong, and the cloud has made that largely unnecessary. __________________ "Wake up, Luigi! The only time plumbers sleep on the job is when we're working by the hour."