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Pragma · 01-29-2004, 06:34 AM

I've got lots of servers at work running various versions of Win2k Server or Advanced Server, and as long as you've got solid hardware to put them on (we run HP/Compaq Proliant servers), and keep up to date with patches, you'll have no stability issues.

As for your situation - Win2k Pro is not meant to be a server. The only big things that Advanced Server gets you over Server is you increase the RAM limit from 4GB to 8GB, you increase the number of CPUs supported from 4 to 8, and you add Clustering and Network Load Balancing.

I doubt you'll need any of those features, so either go with Win2k Server (though at this point Win2k3 Standard Server costs the same exact amount from Microsoft - and you're getting an OS that's not that out of date), or else download a BSD or Linux distro and use that as your server.

01-29-2004, 06:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	I've got lots of servers at work running various versions of Win2k Server or Advanced Server, and as long as you've got solid hardware to put them on (we run HP/Compaq Proliant servers), and keep up to date with patches, you'll have no stability issues. As for your situation - Win2k Pro is not meant to be a server. The only big things that Advanced Server gets you over Server is you increase the RAM limit from 4GB to 8GB, you increase the number of CPUs supported from 4 to 8, and you add Clustering and Network Load Balancing. I doubt you'll need any of those features, so either go with Win2k Server (though at this point Win2k3 Standard Server costs the same exact amount from Microsoft - and you're getting an OS that's not that out of date), or else download a BSD or Linux distro and use that as your server. __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!