Stephen, Well we still have a mixture of 2K and 2K3 servers and at this moment I don't envisage upgrading any of them. The 2K servers are completely rock solid patched up the last service packs and cut off from updates from Microsoft and that is the way I want them to stay.
The 2K3 servers only went in 18 months ago so I see their life to be another 2-3 years at least (hardware faults precluded) so my view of Server 2K8 will certainly only be available when we need a completely new server even though we have an MSDN universal license for development purposes. The old axiom if it ain't broke then don't fix it certainly runs true here - especially on servers which once configured for their tasks shouldn't really need any upgrading to any great degree. In my view there is more and more "change for change's sake" in our industry which isn't justified apart from "Keeping up with the Jones's". The only major changes here at the moment revolve around migrating physical servers to a virtual environment using 64 bit Virtuozzo which is a dream to use. Currently I have got rid of 4 servers Exchange, Terminal Services, POP3 Email (in addition to Exchange) and SQL Server which used to run on 4 boxes under 2K3 and they now run on one 64bit Box with 16Gb and Virtuozzo. I can admin each of the Virtual Servers via a web browser and down any one at a moment's notice as well as newly create bring up a brand new server for development work in about 4 minutes from start to finish. The backup of each server is handled at the physical server level in real time using DoubleTake. Should the 64bit server box die, I can migrate the backups over to a new box and be up and running in about 5 minutes without having to bother configuring hardware for each server. Just copy the VM file and mount it - its that easy. Virtualization - it makes sense, financially and practically. Regards Dave Crozier -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Russell Sent: 17 January 2008 14:38 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Windows XP OR Windows Vista ??? On Jan 17, 2008 7:14 AM, Helio W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vista? You're going to regret this. > > I told the same thing to a guy last year and now he's switching to XP > Professional. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- I know that there is a reluctance to move forward with this group. Messages like these drip with FUD for all the wrong reasons. M$ is getting a better handle on security would you agree? Do you consider this important for your your own equipment as well as your clients? I am waiting on getting a new laptop, I already have the purchased OS for it. < OK I won the dvd at a .NET group :) > I see that Server 2008 is getting ready to replace all those 2003 servers. Do you think that that is a good move or should you stick with 2000 because it's still good? -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
