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Originally Posted by lilaznviper
The company wants all their data local. They feel more safe so I can't off load any data.
There are a lot of sites that have VPN connections connected to the main office and a ton of remote users. There are 2 terminal servers, sharepoint server and email server which are the main ones that are taking up all the bandwidth. right now during working hours the internet will slow to a crawl and people at the main office are complaining of slow net as well as remote users complaining about how slow it is when using the terminal servers.
I talked to shaw's higher up people and they said they can put in a fibre gateway in the building at an expensive installation cost so we might have to go this route if i can't find any other providers that will have a cheaper installation cost and monthly cost
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I'm not a network expert, but from your usage, I think your company might be better off keeping the current setup and create a mirror server on a colo location with load balancing?
This way, you have best reliability (if one side dies, the other takes over, not to mention you always want to keep crucial files in two separate location) and best performance.
But again, it depends on the content that you have. Try talking with Telus/Shaw/Allstream... and see if you can work out a deal with going with an agreement in terms to avoid huge upfront cost.