SBS worth it for 4 users?
From: Dodger (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/24/04
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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 06:36:07 -0700
We purchased a Dell 400SC with Standard edition
preinstalled and we have been very pleased with the
performance from the server. Running RAID 1 on SATA
drives. Make sure you don't skimp on RAM. I initially
only purchased 256 MB, big mistake. I added an
additional 1 GB after I discovered this user group and
the Server smokes.
>-----Original Message-----
>In our small office we currently have a peer to peer
network of 5
>machines, with 1 running Windows 2000 Prof and the other
4 running XP.
>The Windows 2000 machine is effectively acting as a file
and email
>server (email through a utility called public outlook).
We are about
>to add a new PC and I was wondering whether purchasing a
server
>bundled with SBS would be worth it. The current 'server'
seems to be
>stuggling with the large amount of emails and the large
number of
>office files that are accessed from it, although it is
unlikely that
>the number of users will increase significantly in the
near future.
>Would the standard version of SBS be difficult to set up
for our
>needs, and if SBS would be of benefit, what sort of
hardware do you
>think would be sufficient?
>
>Thanks
>.
>
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