As small businesses grow they eventually reach a point where the demands of the business require a specific IT server application such as an email server, file server, database server, or a web server. Operating system vendors like Microsoft and Apple are making this transition easier by providing reconfigured, cost-effective versions of their server OSs targeted for small business. This leads SMBs to move to server-hosted applications faster than in the past, resulting in the need for a storage device that can be shared among several servers at a time.

This white paper defines and explores the concept of SMB server bundles, which are essentially turnkey versions of these specific operating systems preinstalled on server hardware. Often times these solutions are preconfigured in order to simplify management, and will include common core applications that a small business needs as it first moves to a server-hosted environment. Read on to learn exactly what SMBs should be looking for in a shared storage solution, how to ensure management simplicity and more.