Do I need a server?

I'm currently working at a small company (4/5 permanent employees and freelancers who are in and out - maximum of maybe 12 people in the building at once) and I've tasked myself with introducing some decent IT setup to the building.
At the moment they have a NAS setup but only 1 person uses it. My main question I guess is whether a server (probably the Mac Mini rather than converting an existing system) is worth it or whether a NAS should suffice? The NAS is a BlackArmor 420 and personally I find it a bit clunky but maybe I should give it a chance?
A potential issue to the above is that in the office there is only 1 permanent office iMac. Everybody else uses Macbook Pros that are also their personal computers so any infrastructure can't take over. The network is predominantly Mac but we have the odd rogue freelancer who comes in with a Windows machine so it would need to support them. In the office we also have an AppleTV box and a number of ipads. Everybody uses iphones but they're personally provided not company phones.
Storage wise, is thunderbolt necessary and if not, what are the alternatives? Generally 90% of work that goes on will be office based although the system will need to cope with serving up massive indesign projects to myself (probably a couple of gb working files). Any video work I'll probably do locally.
So ultimately would a NAS suffice and if not, what would a server provide me that would convince the people above to upgrade?

Jeff: your project doesn't seem to need a server at all to me. If you just turn on a few well placed shares on the compression station and load Apple Remote Desktop or Timbuktu on it, then you can move files back and forth, and run all your video/design apps on it, all while sitting at one of your other LAN machines.
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thewriteinfo wrote:
This is kind of a morph of a previous discussion I started, but my problems still are not resolved and I'm getting dangerously close to our next Production release so am reaching for answers.
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(I apologize for the grammar and spelling mistakes, but im confident in the fact that the text is understandable. If not, please let me know. I have used UK English for spelling.)
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I have a client needing me to provide a Windows server based solution for their business. I have limited experience with Server 2012, although I have worked with 2008R2 and SBS2011, I am needing some guidance with this 2012 project.
The client has about 8-10 local users who work at one office with an NBN connection, and 2 other locations that have 3-5 users at each location. I am needing to provide them with a server based solution to manage their data, remote access and also their
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v host + 2xVM's or should I be splitting these roles up on different physical machines, keeping in mind costs need to be kept to a minimum.
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directly to the exchange server?
I am concerned from the performance viewpoint that if I run the DC/Exchange and SQL from one VM, then the TS/RDP Host from the other VM licence it may be too much for the DC/Exchange/SQL VM to handle.
I have used SBS 2011 in a few locations with Exchange and the SQL and DC roles installed on HP DL and ML gen 8 servers, and although they run a little slow on the console, they seem to serve the network clients fine.
If do end up running on one physical machine the Hyper V host, one VM as a DC, Exchange and SQL server, and the other VM licence as a RDP session host, what sort of spec'd machine would be recommended to be able to do this, keeping in mind
I usually lean towards HP servers.
Anyhow, thx in advance and any comments or suggestions will certainly be appreciated.
Mkm

Hello,
sorry but in your case without the knowledge of all major requirements i would suggest that you or your client contact an expert and not work with the forums to get this amount of information and setup requirements.
Exchange on DCs is NOT recommended, even not from Microsoft. Also it is highly recommended to run at least 2 DC/DNS/GC per domain for failover and redundancy, of course NOT on the same physical machine.
RDS servers should also run on dedicated machines and not be used for anything else.
SQL should also run on a separate server.
You cannot compare SBS version with regular server versions, the concept behind is different.
With that small amount of users you should consider using an Office365 solution where you could use a plan that fits your needs and have just computers for your client employees.
But as stated above therefore you should find an experienced consultant.
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
MVP, MCP, MCTS
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
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