Servers & Infrastructure
Servers, storage, networking and virtualization sized to what your business actually needs, which is sometimes no server at all.
- Solution
- Servers & Infrastructure
- Covers
- Servers, virtualization, storage, networking, backup and recovery
- Serves
- Onsite in New Mexico; remote engineering nationwide
Do you need a server?
Plenty of small businesses don’t. File sharing, email and identity can live in cloud services you may already pay for. On-premises infrastructure still makes sense when:
- you work with large files, such as CAD models, imagery or simulation data, that are slow to move over the internet;
- applications need local performance or must keep working when the internet is down;
- you run specialized or older software that can’t move to the cloud;
- contracts or regulations call for an environment you control, such as a CUI enclave; or
- steady, heavy workloads cost less to own than to rent.
We’ll tell you which side of that line you’re on.
What we build
Virtualization
Hyper-V, Proxmox VE and other platforms, sized with room to grow. If recent licensing changes have you reconsidering your hypervisor, we’ll lay out the options and the migration effort.
Storage
Shared storage and NAS, sized for capacity and performance, with snapshots and replication where they’re worth it.
Networking
Switching, routing, firewalls and Wi-Fi, segmented so a problem in one area doesn’t spread.
Backup and recovery
Multiple copies, at least one offline or immutable, and restores that are actually tested.
Power and environment
UPS, automatic shutdown, cooling and monitoring for the room or closet the equipment lives in.
Identity and management
Directory services, central administration and monitoring, so the environment is run, not just installed.
On-premises, cloud or hybrid
Most environments end up hybrid: some workloads belong close to the people and data that use them, others belong in the cloud. We design that split on purpose, with identity, backup and monitoring that span both. See also Microsoft 365 and cloud.
How it works
- Assess What exists, what’s fragile, and what the business needs next.
- Design Diagrams, sizing and a build plan you can review.
- Build Installed and configured to the design, in maintenance windows that suit you.
- Validate Failover, restores and access tested before it’s called done.
- Support Patching, monitoring and planned refreshes.
Questions we hear
How long should servers last?
Plan replacement around the end of warranty coverage and operating-system support, not around the first failure. We track both, so refreshes are scheduled rather than urgent.
Should we move everything to the cloud?
Sometimes. Cloud services excel at email, collaboration and variable workloads; steady workloads and large local data can cost less on-premises. We compare both for your actual workloads.
Isn’t Microsoft 365 already backed up?
Microsoft keeps the service running, but recovering from accidental deletion, ransomware or a departing employee’s mistakes is largely your responsibility. A separate backup is usually worth it.
Size it to what you need
Tell us what runs today and what’s changing. We’ll tell you what’s worth building and what isn’t.