Re: Setting up an Intranet Site



With a P3, 6Gb HDD I'd forget about upgrading on the same hardware.

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Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
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"Al" <sadfgk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Henry thanks - my worry is how difficult the upgrade is (have to do it
> ourselves & can't afford any downtime risk!) - existing hardware is
> twin P3 1gb ram, adaptec RAID with 6gb but only 1/2 used. Would
> rather not buy another server - what are the pros & cons of upgrade
> "as is" or fresh instal on new HD's (so could revert to the old drives
> if new instal is tricky!) but how difficult is it them to move
> existing setings/data.
> Thanks


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