1) Best (as in great prices/great equipment) source for server, and two client workstations

I recommend buying from Dell. I doubt you need dual processors on the server for two client workstations. In fact the requirements sound overkill to me but I'm not familiar with the app.

2) Server will go name brand, maybe workstations emachines or equivalent. suggestions?

Dell. Although I build my own machines I think you want to have next day support.

You may want to buy a minimum memory config on the RAM from Dell and get the memory from somewhere newegg.com. That's one area that Dell will gouge you on.

3) RAID5 vs SCSI? I assume the raid5 is better. also, what is the difference between RAID5 and RAID 1 or 0,1?

RAID5. http://www.google.com/search?q=raid5+explained

I think SATA IDE is the way to go for disks. I doubt you need SCSI.

4) What the hell is terminal server service?

Allows you to run native apps on the server remotely as well as administer the server. Sounds like overkill to me for a small physician's office. You can use remote web workplace (built-in to SBS 2003) to run your office apps and email from over the web. It's significantly less expensive than Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...s/default.mspx

5) CDrw vs DVDrw? (I would think DVD, right?)

DVD.

6) Which OS? 2003 server or advanced/enterprise?

I recommend you look at Windows Small Business Server 2003. It has Windows Server 2003, Exchange 2003 and even SQL 2003 in the premium version.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...s/default.mspx


7) tape backup? ughh? any other ideas? (wouldn't a DVDrw be better though I know 4.7 vs 8gB but not much data for the first few years)

Probably need tape. I prefer backing up to an external USB2 disk. They're so inexpensive now you can just archive each months worth of backups to have offsite. I do this through SBS's built-in backup.