Teams with Servers

[sanddrag]

For teams with servers in their local labs, I want to hear from you. I'm particularly interested in those who have installed and managed their own servers. I want to know what purpose you use it for (NAS, Rendering, etc), what it's running, what hardware it's on, etc etc, all the details.

I'm also curious about the intricacies of getting in ad out of the school network (remote access).

I'm looking to expand our options beyond the current model of workstations, flash drives, and Dropbox.

Even if you don't have a server but are experienced in such things, I want to start a healthy discussion on what the ideal setup would be.

EDIT: I'm also interested in hearing from anyone running Autodesk Vault, and what people are using for a subversion server.