Depends on how beefy the server is. If it is plenty big, I'd go with base 2k8 install.
Don Guyer Systems Engineer Information Services Prudential Fox Roach/ Trident 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Ph: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 www.prufoxroach.com <blocked::blocked::http://www.prufoxroach.com/> [email protected] From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: To server core or not to server core... Customer bought a new Dell PowerEdge, and it came with 2008 Server w/ Hyper-V. The plan is to virtualize (P2V) their SBS 2003 Server onto this box. I installed System Center Virtual Machine Manager and did a test VM of a couple machines and it was fast (2K3 R2 Server with 9GB), easy, and everything was easier than I had expected. I'm ready for the final preparations for production and my question is this: The OEM install is full Server 2008 - should I blow away this install and go to Server Core, install Hyper-V and re-load everything from scratch, or am I not really going to gain much benefit (I'm thinking reduction of surface area/attach as much as anything) vs the current base 2K8 install? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
