The only reason we chose server over workstation was our antivirus insisted upon it.
.rick.. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bud Durland Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 2:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] upgrading system box John Carter wrote: >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.) > > Unless they've changed something, XP is a workstation OS, and as such is limited to 10 client connection at a time. I don't know it that only applies to Windows network connections, or incoming connections for any service. If the debate is Windows Server 2003 vs. Windows server 2000, I'm not sure there's a big different either way, though I'd probably install on WinServer 2003 if given the choice. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- He made us believe a man could fly Christopher Reeve, 1952-2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bud Durland, CNE Mold-Rite Plastics Network Administrator http://www.mrpcap.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus / Sophos AV] 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/
