Re: Application Fonts on SBS Server rather than workstations
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Thanks. This gives me a few options to look into.
-- Michael
"Leonid S. Knyshov" <lknyshov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> > So possibly just upgrading all the PCs to higher CPUs, faster ram (i.e.
> > DDR2) and possibly SCSI 10k rpm HDs would be the better solution for the
> > workstations due to the way the applications process fonts, etc?
> >
> > Just trying to get ideas to make these design workstations be instant
> > rather
> > than time consumers. Then I will focus on the SBS deployment for all
their
> > data file, backup and e-mail needs.
> >
>
> There is software to manage fonts so they do not have to be loaded every
> time.
>
> Other than that, there should be no less than 2GB of RAM... I would
specify
> 4GB RAM, speed irrelevant and /3GB /USERVA:3030 setting in boot.ini. If
you
> want this to be even faster, RAID0 stripe for the pagefile and application
> temporary storage location (the only time I tolerate a RAID0 is for
> temporary rendering, which is what your requirement is).
>
> SATA 10K RPM drives should be sufficient, although since you only need
high
> performance for temporary files, you may want some small 15K RPM SCSI
> drives, as they are quite cheap in smaller capacities.
>
> I would try investing in a fonts management software first, then RAM, and
> only after that the extra disks.
>
> For screaming performance, 64-bit dual-code opterons on XP 64-bit. :-)
> --
> Leonid S. Knyshov, CEO
> Crashproof Solutions, LLC - http://www.crashproofsolutions.com
> MCP Exchange 2003/Small Business Server 2003, CCNA, SCSA 8, NCIE
> Microsoft Small Business Specialist Partner
>
>
.
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