A customer has 1 server. It has multiple roles running on it, including Ad, DHCP, DNS, File, Print, SQL, etc... The server keeps failing and has all kinds of issues. The company has very little budget. How would you address this?

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Anonymous · Accepted Answer

In my opinion there is no right or wrong answer to this question. My opinion and answer was to scale the server up, if possible; and look into the most affordable cloud solution.

Ask questions, there isn't enough detail there to come to a conclusion. · Answer

When was the last technology refresh? Is the machine physical or virtual? If physical, what kind of backup client/process is taking place on the machine. If virtual, are snapshots being taken? 

It's also important to understand what is failing, is it a physical issue? Is the OS corrupted? What are the symptoms for the failure.

Based on their response, you can provide solutions. Hope this helps.

Anonymous · Answer

Virtualize and keep roles as separate as possible.

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