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Thread ID: 95510 2008-12-09 01:52:00 Windows 2003 R2 Standard vs Windows 2000 SBS aidanmaz (7180) Press F1
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726832 2008-12-09 01:52:00 which one is more better suited for a fairly tech savvy family at home? The machine i will dedicate is a P4 2.8gHz, 2.5GB RAM 3 hard drives (40, 160, 200 GB) and a gigabit NIC. It used to be a ESX Virtual server, but what home needs 4 servers?? aidanmaz (7180)
726833 2008-12-09 03:09:00 What are you doing in a home setup that requires Windows Server at all??

:waughh:
nofam (9009)
726834 2008-12-09 03:22:00 nothing really, its more cos i can. aidanmaz (7180)
726835 2008-12-09 03:47:00 SBS will give you exchange mail server, share-point services and ISA!.....

However you could install ESX3i on it and then you can run both......

edit - you could try windows home server......
SolMiester (139)
726836 2008-12-09 03:50:00 i was part of the beta testing for WHS, and got rid of it in a flash. I used to use esx3i, but i thought it was overkill to hav like 6 servers

EDIT: I have exchange server 2007 somewhere, and ISA 2006, not that i have a urgent need for either of them
aidanmaz (7180)
726837 2008-12-09 03:52:00 Try SBS2008 then...very cool.....ish! SolMiester (139)
726838 2008-12-09 03:58:00 was looking at that, though i dont have that kind of money aidanmaz (7180)
726839 2008-12-09 08:18:00 I would go for 2003 R2 as Win2k SBS had lots of issues and wasn't very user friendly.
Just add a free mail server if you want to replace exchange.
CYaBro (73)
726840 2008-12-09 08:42:00 Fair enough. I already own SBS 2000, and Windows Server 2003 Enterprise / Windows 2003 R2 Standard. I was just seeing if its better to go sbs or "go it alone" with the regular versions of 2003 aidanmaz (7180)
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