2003 server - 64 or 32bit?
06 July 2009, 11:09 PM
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2003 server - 64 or 32bit?
Not seen this one on here.
I've got the choise to install 32 or 64 bit of 2003 server on a machine which will be a game server / torrent / file server.
Basic spec:
Supermicro 1U Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz Server 2gig Mem 40gb HDD on eBay (end time 27-Jul-09 12:59:18 BST)
I know that 2003 is the same era as Xp, and XP 64 was flakey. I've not had any experience with 2003 server.
Opinions please.
I've got the choise to install 32 or 64 bit of 2003 server on a machine which will be a game server / torrent / file server.
Basic spec:
Supermicro 1U Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz Server 2gig Mem 40gb HDD on eBay (end time 27-Jul-09 12:59:18 BST)
I know that 2003 is the same era as Xp, and XP 64 was flakey. I've not had any experience with 2003 server.
Opinions please.
10 July 2009, 04:53 PM
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I have to disagree, I would go 64bit, the licence covers you for either version.
Its easy to install 64 bit now, but to have to rebuild later when you realise 4gb ram is far from enough these days you will wonder why you didnt, and downtime will be harder to arrange.
Also I'd go for R2 over std 2003.
David
Its easy to install 64 bit now, but to have to rebuild later when you realise 4gb ram is far from enough these days you will wonder why you didnt, and downtime will be harder to arrange.
Also I'd go for R2 over std 2003.
David
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