As a follow-up on this one, please be aware that you can run into issues with using server 2012 de-dupe. ConfigMgr does not currently support reparse points, so if you attempt to import a driver package or something else that has a reparse point in it, it will fail with something like:
"Import failed as \\server\share\driverpath\* is a Reparse Point that SMS does not support via downloads. DriverCatalog 06-03-2013 14:24:23" From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mssms] Server 2012 vs Server 2008 R2 put your driver import source, package source, and content source all on the same volume and it will only be as big as the import source alone. If you used to have driver packages that contained the same driver (say network) in 40 driver packages, and 40 import sources.. now you have it on the file system 1 time. That is phenomenal disk savings. On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Russ Rimmerman <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Interesting, looks like I have a shiny new toy err feature to play with in the lab today :) From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Jason Sandys Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:14 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [mssms] Server 2012 vs Server 2008 R2 True but Server 2012 SIS is at a binary level whereas the ConfigMgr SIS is at a file level. I've seen reports of significant savings. J From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Russ Rimmerman Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:46 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [mssms] Server 2012 vs Server 2008 R2 But you get SiS w/SCCM 2012 in the contentlib with or without Server 2012 From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:39 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mssms] Server 2012 vs Server 2008 R2 Single Instance Storage in Server 2012. Reduces Disk Space. On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Christopher Duszynski <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Is there any benefits to install SCCM 2012 SP1 on Windows Server 2012 vs. Server 2008 R2. If so can you provide me with your justification?
