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From: Jim on 10 Jun 2010 18:12
Posted this on the wrong thread earlier...never mind..


Rats, they have an elderly mission critical critical third party app which
only runs on x86 platform and won't run on any longhorn based system, and
they are not in any position to replace this at the moment.

Looks like we are off down the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition x86
with 32GB RAM route at least for the time being ......getting it on Open
Licence so we can always trade up later...

Anyone got any tips for optimization ? any demon tweaks ?


"Jim" <jim(a)dontwantspam.com> wrote in message news:hrscqv$2fag$1(a)energise.enta.net...
Database is already on a dedicated database server and all servers are on gigabit.

We're developing some fairly heavy routines between the database and Outlook that the TS client sessions are struggling with on the current Terminal Server..

This is a Windows Server 2003 x86 with 4GB RAM about four years old, though is gigabit.

We need to get about 25 clients all running at speed with the database as well as all their other many applications that they have open on the same desktops.

Just wondered whether there might be some blocking issue regards Enterprise products on SBS domain\network.

So x86 32bit Enterprise Edition might be the best choice then ? Probably go for 32GB RAM.

And don't really want to go down the x64 route, though what's you opinion on that ? printing from remote locations is what I'm really concerned about.

have a big enough problem with getting older network printers and copiers to work with SBS2008 as it is..seems that we regularly have problems with units more than a couple of years old.

And HP's Universal printing drivers seem to be a black art..

Jim.

"Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" <crisnospamhanna(a)cpunospamservices.net> wrote in message news:OPLVRlG7KHA.420(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
sure you can
But I'd caution you not to put the database on the same server that you're running TS on.
Add more RAM to your SBS Box and put the database their in my opinion
Get a Switch that can support Gigabit connections for the SBS Server and the TS and of course Gigabit cards in both of them.

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"Jim" <jim(a)dontwantspam.com> wrote in message news:hrs18d$1t5d$1(a)energise.enta.net...
Need a Terminal Server to add to an SBS 2008 network.

Trouble is it needs to have loads of RAM to host the numebr of users and
database application that it needs to run.

Windows Server 2008 Standard x86 32bit seems limited to 4GB RAM, wanted more
really..

Same as above but x64 64bit would let me go to 32GB....but is probably going
to throw me a curved ball regards x64 drivers for remote workers
home\domestic printers.

How about Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition ? x86 32 bit allows for
64GB RAM..

Can you add an Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition to an SBS 2008
domain\network ?


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