Re: upgrade to sbs2003?

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From: SuperGumby [SBS MVP] (not_at_your.nellie)
Date: 12/21/04


Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:08:57 +1100

what you want is the upgrade to SBS2003 Premium, it's about the same price
as SBS2003 Standard.

5 users, I wouldn't be wasting my money on a new box.

"Torrey Lauer" <TorreyLauer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EF9FBDA0-C14A-4875-8358-8B36F77CE912@microsoft.com...
>I see that ISA Server doesn't come with the SBS2003 Standard Ed. Can I
> install ISA Server from the SBS2000 CDs?
>
> "SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> How many users? Is the current hardware not performing to a satisfactory
>> level?
>>
>> I reckon I'd be looking at maybe upgrading to SBS2003 on the old box
>> (maybe
>> add another GB of RAM), it's probably sitting there twiddling it's thumbs
>> most of the time.
>>
>> Remember, even a fully kitted SBS2003 Premium is unlikely to be processor
>> bound. RAM and HDD IO are much more likely bottlenecks.
>>
>> "Torrey Lauer" <TorreyLauer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:EF0881C0-021C-4F36-8F19-E0796DA3ECB0@microsoft.com...
>> > Our travel agency currently uses SBS2000. I am looking at getting a
>> > new
>> > server and thought about upgrading the OS to SBS2003.
>> >
>> > What are the benefits of upgrading the OS? Are there any drawbacks
>> > from
>> > SBS2000 to SBS2003?
>> >
>> > We currently have a dual PIII 1Ghz with 1GB non-ecc SDRAM and two 60GB
>> > HDD
>> > set to mirror raid.
>> >
>> > The new server would be a dual xeon 3.06Ghz with 2GB ECC DDR memory and
>> > three 120GB hot-swapable raid-5.
>> >
>> > I also want to make sure the SBS2003 software will run on the Xeon
>> > processors?
>> >
>> > Thanks for the input.
>>
>>
>>



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