Re: Put Back 4-way Multi-processor SMP support for SBS 2003
From: westrajc (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/25/04
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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:00:31 -0800
Mr. Fong,
The goal is to use older, often pre-owned equipment. A
current generation Dell 2600 server, configured with dual
Hyperthreading CPUs, a redundant power supply, a 3 drive
hot-swap RAID drive array, 20/40G DLT Tape drive, 1G of
RAM and two NICs prices out on the Dell website as follows:
PowerEdge 2600
>From $4,552
A pre-owned, off-lease Dell 6300, configured with the same
options, except having four PIII 600Mhz Xeon processors
and 6 9G drives, can be purchased on eBay for <$1,400!
For a small business, saving $3,000 on hardware means they
can afford to purchase documentation, training, security
measures, patch management, additional software, web
development, etc. The value proposition of this approach
includes:
+ More money for US employees (Training, IT Services)
+ More US Software Sales (Microsoft, etc.)*
+ Healthier US Small Businesses (Money for Best Practices)
+ Better Security (Money spent on Security Best Practices)
+ More Responsible Resource Use (Recycle vs. Throw Out)
++++ Etc.
* This SHOULD be of significant interest to Microsoft!
A company like Dell or HP could profit from this approach
by offering extended warranties and on-site HW service for
2-4 yr/old systems. With the margin on new systems being
razor thin, they would probably find it more profitable
than selling a minimal amount of new equipment to the
often cash-constrained SMB marketplace! This strategy
would also help educate and "addict" the SMB marketplace
to "higher-value" redundant systems. As these SMB clients
grow, this would translate directly into demand for NEW
systems with these higher margin features!
A previous post suggested that adding more memory was more
important than having more than two processors. The truth
about system design is that a balanced approach is always
best. The value of offering unlimited processor support
for SBS is that a Small Business can continue to grow
their server "bandwidth," in a balanced fashion, in order
to run high-performance applications in a consolidated
server infrastructure.**
** Yet another opportunity for Microsoft. Imagine running
a four processor Dell 6300, with Microsoft's Virtual
Server software, with two CPU's devoted to SBS and the
other two running a standard Windows 2003 server license
and Terminal Services! I know dozens of SMBs that would
LOVE to be able to afford a solution like this!
Because of SBS's "Enterprise integration" and client
license limitations, Microsoft should not worry that this
would take anything away from their sale of more
or "higher value" server software, since the savings
realized by the typical Small Business would likely
result, as stated previously, in more Workstation OS and
Application SW sales!
>-----Original Message-----
>SBS2003 supports up to 2 physical CPU, but if your CPUs
allow hyperthread,
>then 4 is the max.
>
>Ray Fong
>Microsoft SBS Product Support
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
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>.
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