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Usage: File and print | Email and messaging | Domain controller | Citrix or terminal server | Small business suites | Web server | Database

File and print
What operating system will you run on this file and print server? Do you want a tower or rack server? How many users will there be on this file and print server? Recommended system
Lenovo Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 R2 Standard ROK
Lenovo Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 ROK
Lenovo Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise ROK
Lenovo Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 ROK
Lenovo Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard ROK
Lenovo Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise ROK		 Tower 1 - 25 users TS100,TS200,TS200v
25 - 75 users TD200,TD200x
75 - 400 users TD200,TD200x
400 - 1000 users TD200,TD200x
Rack 1 - 75 users RS110,RS210
75 - 1000 users RD210,RD220
Novell® Server Software - SLES for Lenovo Tower 1 - 25 users TS100,TS200,TS200v
25 - 75 users TD200,TD200x
75 - 400 users TD200,TD200x
400 - 1000 users TD200,TD200x
Rack 1 - 1000 users RD210,RD220
Email and messaging
What application will you run on this email and messaging server? Do you want a tower or rack server? How many concurrent users will there be on this email and messaging server? Recommended system
Microsoft Exchange Tower 1 - 75 concurrent users TD200,TD200x
75 - 400 concurrent users TD200,TD200x
400 - 1000 concurrent users TD200,TD200x
Rack 1 - 1000 concurrent users RD210,RD220
Lotus® Domino® Tower 1 - 75 concurrent users TD200,TD200x
75 - 400 concurrent users TD200,TD200x
400 - 1000 concurrent users TD200,TD200x
Rack 1 - 1000 concurrent users RD210,RD220
Linux SendMail Tower 1 - 75 concurrent users TD200,TD200x
75 - 400 concurrent users TD200,TD200x
400 - 1000 concurrent users TD200,TD200x
Rack 1 - 1000 concurrent users RD210,RD220
SuSE Linux Openexchange Server Tower 1 - 75 concurrent users TS100,TS200,TS200v
75 - 400 concurrent users TD200,TD200x
400 - 1000 concurrent users TD200,TD200x
Rack 1 - 1000 concurrent users RD210,RD220
Domain controller
Do you want a tower or rack server? How many concurrent users will there be on this domain controller server? Recommended system
Tower 1 - 25 concurrent users TS100,TS200,TS200v
25 - 75 concurrent users TD200,TD200x
75 - 400 concurrent users TD200,TD200x
400 - 1000 concurrent users TD200,TD200x
Rack 1 - 75 concurrent users RD210,RD220
75 - 200 concurrent users RD210,RD220
200 - 1000 concurrent users RD210,RD220
Citrix or terminal services
Do you want a tower or rack server? How many concurrent users will there be on this Citrix or Terminal Services server? Recommended system
Tower 1 - 10 concurrent users TS100,TS200,TS200v
11 or more*** concurrent users TD200,TD200x
Rack 1 - 10 concurrent users RS110,RS210
11 or more*** concurrent users RD210,RD220
Web server
What application will you run on this web server? Do you want a tower or rack server? How many concurrent users per minute do you expect to hit the web server? Recommended system
Apache Tower 1 - 400 users per minute TD200,TD200x
400 - 1000 users per minute TD200,TD200x
Rack 1 - 400 users per minute RD210,RD220
400 - 1000 users per minute RD210,RD220
Microsoft IIS Tower 1 - 400 users per minute TD200,TD200x
400 - 1000 users per minute TD200,TD200x
Rack 1 - 400 users per minute RD210,RD220
400 - 1000 users per minute RD210,RD220
Small business suites
What application will you run on this Small business suite server? How many users will there be on this Small business suite server? Recommended system
Lenovo Microsoft Windows SBS Standard ROK
Lenovo Microsoft Windows SBS Premium ROK		 1 - 10 users TD200,TD200x
10 - 25 users TD200,TD200x
25 - 75 users TD200,TD200x
Database
What Applications will you run on this database server? (Light Use) Do you want a tower or rack server? Recommended system
Oracle®, SQL, MySQL® for Linux Tower TD200,TD200x
Rack RD210,RD220