Thanks all. I've run Imail on either NT or 2000 Workstation for nearly seven years. Never understood that a server OS had any real performance advantage. Will rethink that now.
John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Schaible Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 5:49 PM To: Devaprasad Kantharaj Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] upgrading system box 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/ 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/
