Re: upgrade to sbs2003?
From: Doug Holtz NOSPAM in adress (dholtzNOSPAM_at_wi.rr.com)
Date: 12/22/04
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Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:00:49 -0600
I'm with you. 5 users is nothing. The delay has to do with something else.
Gigabit ethernet? Way overkill.
2 cents.
doug
"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@your.nellie> wrote in message
news:%23gS6%23H75EHA.2568@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> 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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