Would SBS work for us?
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Date: 03/25/04
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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:06:07 -0800
Sorry, but what is "a beefy server HAL"?
>-----Original Message-----
>Wow!
>
>Your client PC's are bare minimum and I am suprised that
>you are able to do anything with them, I bet they are
>very slow.
>
>You are headedin the right direction with consolodating
>your server functions onto one unit, esp with your
>current paradigm of the DBS on the domain controller.
>
>Your bandwidth appeart to be the only limitation, as the
>SBS 2003 can do the things that you are looking for.
You
>will need a beefy server HAL to handle all the remote
>connections, security and exchange. It is a great
>product. If there is someone local to you that can demo
>SBS2003 and perhaps provide you with a migration plan,
>that would be the best place to start. The new exchange
>is awesome, as well as the Sharepoint Portal Services.
>If you invest the time into the faceted fucntionality
of
>the SBS 2003, then you will more than likely improve
your
>workflow performance.
>
>Good Luck
>
>JCoria
>>-----Original Message-----
>>We are a travel agency with 14 workstations in our main
>>location connecting to the internet through a Nortel
>>Contivity 100 unit on an ADSL line. We have a second
>>major location with 5 workstations also connecting to
>the
>>internet through an Nortel Contivity 100 unit on an
ADSL
>>line. We have 6 workstations in single-user locations
>>(some in client offices and some at home) connecting
>>directly to the internet mostly on ADSL but with two on
>>cable. Six people from the main location and two from
>>the secondary location at least occasionally work on
>>their own computers at home. Again, there is a mix of
>>ADSL and cable connections for these and no hardware
>>firewalls. We occasionally have to move someone from
>the
>>main location to one of the client locations to cover
>for
>>vacations.
>>
>>Most users have a computer reservation system
>application
>>called Sabre installed on their workstations. In the
>>case of the home and client locations, these connect to
>>the Sabre mainframe via the internet by a software VPN
>>connection also installed on the workstation. The two
>>main locations connect to the Sabre mainframe via the
>>internet and the Nortel hardware. Nothing about Sabre
>>involves either of our servers.
>>
>>Our public web site is located on our ISP's server and
>>our email goes to our Exchange server directly.
>>
>>All users currently use MS Office 2000 (especially, and
>>in some cases only, Outlook) through an ICA connection
>on
>>a Citrix server. All users also run either TRAMS (a
>>travel agency accounting system) or ClientBase (a
>related
>>travel agency client database) from the Citrix server.
>>The single database for these two applications
currently
>>lives on our domain controller/exchange server. The
>>supplier tells me that TRAMS and ClientBase can be
>>configured to connect to an SBS via software VPN.
>>
>>All of the workstations in regular use are from Dell.
>>Most, like mine, are Optiplex GX50 with Celeron
>>processors, 128 MB of RAM and 18 GB hard drives running
>>XP Pro.
>>
>>As the lease for our current servers ends this summer,
I
>>am thinking of running all applications on the
>>workstations and consolidating server functions on one
>>SBS 2003 machine. I recognize that I would probably
>need
>>to add memory to the workstations.
>>
>>Is anyone aware of anything about SBS that would
prevent
>>or seriously limit it's use in our environment? I am
>>particularly concerned about any connection speed
issues
>>and conflicts with the Sabre VPN.
>>
>>Thanks
>>.
>>
>.
>
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