Exchange 2000 to 2003 upgrade - Advice

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Hi,

Current environment:
Exchange 2000 (SP3) on W2K Server (SP4).

Problem:
After installing anti-spam & anti-phishing software on top of existing
anti-virus, the server simply coud not handle it (PIII-1GHz with 512MB
RAM... which is the max. this MB can take). No surprise, the hardware
upgrade could not be avoided anymore.

Possible solution:
With the 16GB barrier now being broken with EX2003 SP2 (that is the main
point), I was considering taking this opportunity to make the jump to
Ex2003-SP2 on W2003 in order to take full advantage of Ex. features.

Question:
Although my 3 other servers (non-Exchange) are running W2K and current
Exchange env is very stable, is it worth the trouble & $ to migrate or would
I be better off simply upgrading the hardware and remain with the same soft.
env.?

Thanks for your advice,
Claude


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