+1 my thinking exactly. If your hardware is 32-bit only then 2008 non-R2. 2003 went off mainstream support in June or July of this year. How much that ultimately matters since you get patches until 2014 I dunno, but I don't feel right deploying a new box that is off mainstream vendor support.
My $0.02. Dave From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 7:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Small server I raise you "Server 2003 R2", thank-you-very-much. :-P Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Small server I'll see your lack of details, and raise you self-suggested scenarios: I'd put this into a VM with the following config, assuming 50-60 users, most of them simultaneous: * 2GB RAM * Single CPU * 50GB Drive * Windows 2003 (just because the app is unsupported, doesn't mean the OS has to be as well) If I was forced to go with a physical config: * 2GB RAM * Single CPU * C: 80GB (Mirrored) * Windows 2003 There. ASB (My XeeSM Profile)<http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Once again you give us absolutely no app requirements. Therefore the answer is: maybe. -sc From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Small server I am looking at getting a small server running Windows Server 2003, so I can have my time and attendance running on a supported O/S. Looking at Dell's Premier site, the least expensive option only offers a Software RAID5, unless I'm mis-reading the options. Would you guys rather have a Hardware RAID0 / RAID1 or a software RAID5? Any other options I should be looking at for a small server? We're primarily a Dell shop here, but I can look at others, including "white box" servers, so long as I can get some sort of warranty / hardware support on it. <bloated sig removed> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
