I know just enough to be completely lost

[Jacob Goodnight]

Hey Bob, thanks for the input. I guess I should clarify… I said, “sending me and my equipment scurrying to get out of the path of destruction.” What I should have said was…
We, 1st properly shut down all of the equipment. 2nd, unplugged everything to protect it from harm. Then, quickly and carefully removed it from the path of impending harm in the form of water spraying from the wall. In other words, we stayed with the ship.

I would venture to say that there are probably quite a few differences between the two of us Bob. However, our level of commitment to our respective employer’s data and operations is not one.

[Jacob Goodnight]

Hey Bob,
I know you know what you are talking about obviously respect what you’ve said in this thread and I just have a couple of questions for you. You said to start with buying a “cheap Mac Pro.” I don’t want to spend time trying things that aren’t going to work or won’t give me plenty of room to grow. So, in following your advice, I am going to start there knowing I can add functionality/speed as I need to. Let me restate, my goal is not to get out as cheap as possible but to find the best solution for our needs. Considering that, here are my questions for now…
Would there be a benefit to getting a better Mac Pro than the one from the link you provided, or would that just be overkill?
Do I need to max out the Ram on the server? If not, how much should I plan for?
You mentioned, “With three 2 TB internal drives, you now have a 6TB array (RAID0) that can be SHARED STORAGE for your two “client” computers.” So, I will start there and possibly add a storage unit from Max Digital in the near future. Does that sound like a decent plan?

Again, thank you for your input.

Jake Goodnight