>>> Are there any AD or licensing issues with WSS? (My hunch is that AD views this as just another member server). Dell offers an OEM version. Any issues there? It's just another member server, like any other. It's only available through OEM. >>> It seems that the NIC would be a huge bottleneck. Is that the case? Do people run these as multihomed hosts? Why do you think so? A gigabit NIC should be all you need, unless you want to have off-network backup >>> If just using it for file service (as opposed to hosting a database), how many users do you figure per NAS device? It depends on the configuration of your particular NAS device. The beefier, the better. >>> Many of the NAS devices seem to be SATA. How does this perform compared to SCSI? I will take SCSI any time budget is not a consideration. >>> I know that you are supposed to be able to stick an Exchange database on NAS but is anyone really using this? It seems the timing demands might be too much for it. WSS was designed mostly for this. With Feature Pack 1, you don't need expensive SAN solutions for your Exchange. Of course, if I have the budget I'd push for SAN. WSS is just a way to bring storage consolidation (and clustering <gasp!>) to the poor, cash-strapped, or stingy customers. Sincerely,
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