Re: 2003 Enteprise SP2 or 2003 Enteprise R2

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No for compatibility/performance. Basically Windows 2003 R2 is Windows 2003
SP1 w/ a bonus pack of features (some of which you can download and some
not).


"gocrm" <gocrm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Greetings,

This question is related to Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise. But
since it is relevant to the OS, I am posting it here.

I am running Windows 2003 Enterprise SP2 on the host server. On the
virtual
instances, I installed several Windows 2003 Enterprise R2 VHD. I am
thinking of upgrading my HOST server to Window 2003 Enterprise R2. I
thought
this would keep my host and the more VMs syncronized. My quetions are:

1) If I don't upgrade and leave the host with the Windows 2003 , will this
cause a compatibility issue since the host is R2 and the VMs are not?

2) Will I gain any real benefit by upgrading the host to R2? Will it
give
me any better performance?

I read the comparision between the R2 and the Enterprise SP2 version and
it
only have the few diffences. The differences were mostly Active Directory
and File Syncronization.

I really don't want to upgrade because it's a real pain to reload 264
servers. I am just wondering if there's a real reason to upgrade or not
upgrade. Thanks for your help.

--
Regards,

Andy


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