When should you offload PHD to another server?

[Demani]

We are looking at putting in an XSAN. The Backup Metadata controller will also be the OD Master and the file sharing head. The current file server doesn’t have a lot of load on it. If we set up about 30 PHDs will we need another machine just to be the front end for that? Would it need to be a new machine, or would a dual 1.4GHz G4 do the trick? The hope is that we can get backups done more efficiently, while also allowing users to roam between machines. There won’t be a lot of users doing that, so the syncs should generally be fairly minimal.

Thanks for any input.

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