Re: Virtual Server on SBS

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Mike Webb wrote:
Good advice. I've got 12 GB RAM on my Dell PowerEdge 2800, with ~300
GB of HD space. Would that make a difference? ) Other than my being
completely new to VS?

Is that a 64 bit sevrer? If it is and you're running Server 2003 Std 64bit,
that makes for a nice Virtual Server 2005 (64bit) R2 Sp1 residence.

Should make for a good physical MOSS installation as well.


"kj [SBS MVP]" <KevinJ.SBS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Mike Webb wrote:
Running SBS 2003 Premium SP2, ISA 2004, Exchange, SQL, WSUS, 2 NICs
and a router, dynamic IP, DDNS service through DYNDNS.org, Symantec
Backupexec 11d.
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I recently bought MOSS 2007 for an emerging requirement and was
poking around blogs, websites, and NG's to learn more about it and
came across the term Virtual Server. I've seen it mentioned before by
MVPs, usually in conjunction with a test environment, so passed over
it. Well, I went to MS's page on Virtual Server and am now
wondering if I can use this product to host MOSS 2007 on my SBS
box. Any advice? Also, are there any good sites or blogs to start with
on
Virtual Server on SBS that will help me learn about using it? I'm
certainly not a pro, but I think it could be very useful for our
non-profit. Many thanks in advance!

As I recall Sharepoint Server 2007 'system requirements' ask for 1GB
ram minimum and 2GB recommended. With a 4GB limit on your SBS server
to start with and your full SBS Prem configuration, you probably
don't want to be giving 25%- 50% of that away to MOSS.

Virtual PC2007 is a good place to comfy with virtual machine
technology and when run on a beefy workstation is much safer place
to begin than on your SBS server. Once you've mastered that, Virtual
Server is a natural progression.



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