Re: WSS & WMSDE

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I'll rescind the "slightly" from my previous post. Though the point I was
trying to make is the link I posted acknowleges there is a DB size limit
with WMSDE, though it doesn't specify what it is.

--
Mark Mahacek
Merced County Office of Education


"Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Os8GqQ%23aFHA.3032@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I believe I saw on MS's site that MSDE and WMSDE are almost identical.
> >The WMSDE is slightly optimized for use with WSS.
>
> They are the same software base of course. I would hesitate to use the
> word "slightly" before optimized for WMSDE. Fo me it's a big thing that it
> doesn't (purposely) slow down when it has more than a few concurrent
> users. For other people the lack of the 2GB limit in database size is a
> big thing (although I'll confess to wondering how it is that someone with
> more than 2GB can exist without search and/or can't afford SQL Server 2K).
>
> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>
> "Mark Mahacek" <mmahacek@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uAR6dP6aFHA.3120@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Check out the section titled "Choosing a Database Type" at
>> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/wss/2/all/adminguide/en-us/stsd01.mspx
>> This page mostly states the differences between using WMSDE and the Full
>> SQL server. It does state that there are database size restrictions with
>> the WMSDE. I believe I saw on MS's site that MSDE and WMSDE are almost
>> identical. The WMSDE is slightly optimized for use with WSS. I just
>> can't find that page again.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mark Mahacek
>> Merced County Office of Education
>>
>>
>>
>> "topokin" <topokin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:CAA0B183-6110-450F-AF6D-9EA2E0883A40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> MS SQL Sever 2000 Desktop Engine (windows) (WMSDE) is embeded into
>>> "Windows
>>> sharepoint Service". Is [b]WMSDE [/b] different or has more
>>> functionalities
>>> than the normal MSDE?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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