RonL,
Thanks for sharing your experience w. Win2k. I had heard that Advanced Server
may/may not require a multi-processor box(probably the more the better). Do you know
any of the specifics of when exactly a multi-processor box is required? Does any
particular Linux distribution do well on a multi-processor box?
I personally saw a co-worker install it(Win2k AS) on a Dell PentiumII-266 w. only
64MB of RAM and it kept getting slower and slower.
I thought that if I pit Linux, perhaps TurboLinux since I have the CD-ROMs, against
Win2k; I should invest some of the "savings" from lower software licensing fees
toward upgrading the hardware for the Linux install. But you are telling me that
just to install Win2k AS, I need to upgrade the hardware first(on top of the higher
SW license fees). My thought was to take the exact hardware configuration that runs
the various Win2k products and install the Linux counterpart on it. So, would Linux
outperform Win2k AS on a suitable hardware platform? If such resources were made
available to me, I'd like to try it.
Rodney
RonL wrote:
> incidently along with the system resources that have been mentioned already
> here are my personal insites from having run the RC1-3 series of Win2k...
>
> Minimums:
>
> 128Mb ram - 256 recomended - all that you can afford over 256Mb is best.
> Pentium 400 class machine or higher. Multiprocessor when required
> Lots and lots of Harddrive space. Plan on donating about 500Mb to Uncle
> Bill.
>
> In short bend over at the hardware pay window and be prepared for the "no
> vaseline" treatment.
>
> Ron
