Re: SBS2003 Server Move

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From: Nick (Nick_at_NTWorks.no.spam.fsnet.co.uk)
Date: 10/25/04 

Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:52:21 +0100

The HAL is my main 'unknown'! RAID is no problem between the two servers. If
it goes/went pear shaped, it would be inconvenient, rather than
catastrophic - but it'd be nice to know if anyone knows if a 1=>2 CPU
upgrade (which is what it effectively is, as the servers are the same) needs
anything other than adding the second CPU....

Nick

"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@your.nellie> wrote in message
news:e9uGNepuEHA.1452@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> possibly.
> actually, more like probably.
>
> is RAID involved? Do both boxes have a similar type of RAID?
>
> If you do do a move this way you will also probably need to change to a
> MPS HAL, but it may actually already be loaded. The single processor HAL
> can be expected to run but not use the 2nd processor.
>
> or aybe it will go pear shape, in whic case you fallback to your planned
> fallback, don't you?
>
> "Nick" <Nick@NTWorks.no.spam.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:u3UjaZpuEHA.3900@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> We've got 2 Dell servers of the same model. One (currently running the
>> SBS) has a single processor, the other has 2 (faster) processors. Can I
>> just take the hard disks out of the first server and put them into the
>> second to gain the 2 CPU advantage?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Nick
>>
>
>

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