At the suggestion of the contractor (retailer), who has always entrusted us with the Internet environment, we set up this tower server. The CAL upgrade cost associated with upgrading the file server can be greatly reduced because the StrageServer operating system was given as a line. The operability of remote maintenance was also greatly improved by employing the associated management software (iRMC).
Multiple systems to interface for a task in the company (example: to sell an item your POS must communicate with the inventory software, then to accounting, then to service, etc).
When a task must bring information from several external services.
When you have to deal with multiple APIs.
Not recommended for:
Data transformation (although Talend has a software for that that works with Talend ESB)
The support system that more than makes up for it is the determining factor for the choice.
When a RAID disk or power supply failed, the maintenance service alerted me with a monitoring alarm and replaced it quickly before service was interrupted.
With respect to the backup system, I believe that relocation after the replacement was facilitated.
The best solution to the problem was that thanks to Fujitsu Interstage I created a separate cloud to store the data for each individual PC.
Being able to continue the tasks, without the interruption of service due to a hardware failure that was fixed very efficiently, demonstrates the quality of this company's operations.