Hi, Prasad brings it to the point. Use Windows 2003 Server, at least double the memory and your IMail server will be happy for the rest of its live.
============================================ Am Mittwoch, 20. Oktober 2004 um 00:05 schrieben Sie: > Hey John, > If you are speaking of using a desktop operating system for your IMail box, I HIGHLY > recommend against it. If you are using a desktop OS now, that is probably why your > performance might be degrading. > You could actually take your existing box, upgrade the RAM (and hard drive if > needed), upgrade the OS to a server OS (2000 or 2003) and see a significant > improvement > in performance. > The difference between workstation and server OS makes a BIG difference. > Prasad > Devaprasad Kantharaj > MIS Director, TVCCA > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "John Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 13:28:37 -0500 > I'm looking to upgrade our Imail box (Dell Optiplex, 600mhz, 256MB, > Win2000). We get about 500K messages a month, so a solid desktop will do us. > (Looking at Dell 3.2GHz, 1GB) Question: Since I only run Imail and Declude > on the box, are there any issues that make XP or Win2000 a better operating > system? (We have campus licenses for both, so cost and availability are not > problems.) > Thanks, > John > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ ============================================ -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen -------------------------------------------- Merlin Consulting Martin Schaible Bahnhofstrasse 27 CH-8702 Zollikon Phone: +41 1 391 30 00 Fax: +41 1 391 32 49 Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.merlinconsulting.ch Support: http://support.merlinconsulting.ch GPS: N47 20.235 E8 34.226 -------------------------------------------- News - Neue Produkte: .:. Kiwi Syslog Monitor .:. Paessler GmbH .:. Sawmill Loganalyzer -------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
