Server needs?
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where I work we have a server just to host our site and local network.
the hardware is not so relevant as the software (licenses, firewall, etc are expensive) and the specs of the contract with the ISP - you need a dedicated broadband line (very expensive) to handle major amounts of traffic within your IP. Also, you need someone to keep an eye on it at least 15-20 hours/week (maintenance etc) and ready to be there when trouble happens. it's an headache and sometimes everything goes down (like a motherboard melting from a major thunderstorm and leaving you and the company stalled for a week, like it happened last month to us.)
i think it comes cheaper (just for saving trouble) to buy an entreprise solution in a hosting company and let them have all the headaches. They are obliged to have your stuff running in the next minute, and if you're doing it it can take 1 or 2 days.
i'm a bit biased since i don't care for back-end stuff - it's a nice experience, though, and you learn lots of stuff if you're interested. but since i'm not interested in that experience, i think having to manage servers yourself just puts you off other stuff and productivity.