Server: Hardware - id shoot for 12 core system with a minimum of 32Gb of ram, multiple SAS drives in raid array.
Primary OS: VMware ESXi server for server virtualization
Virtual OS 1: Windows SBS 2011 premium as host OS for AC
Virtual OS 2: a cloned copy of the above to prevent downtime and to test updates before full deployment
Virtual OS 3: Ubuntu server for website hosting etc
Workstations
HP ms6200 windows Multipoint server 2011 x2 with t200 zero clients in each room connected via cat5e (allow for 10 workstations per server running virtual copies of windows 7 pro - although each server can support upto 20 simultaneous connections I prefer more redundancy 2 servers offers)
I'm huge on virtualization for redundancy and minimal downtime. I can completely test an update without even worrying if my system will really crash. I like the idea behind the Multipoint Server from a cost standpoint (you can outfit 10 rooms for ~$3500including 19" lcds which is far less than traditional desktops). Also you can steal my t200 and monitor and you still won't have my server with all the data safely stored in the locked server room.
We haven't deployed this yet but I'm hoping to soon (we are expanding from 2 docs to 4 and will be running ~16 rooms total).
