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08-19-2008, 04:45 PM #1WHT Addict
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What does Windows Server Web Ed. & Windows Server Standard Ed. mean?
Does someone know what that means? I can sometime choose this option if I want to buy a server. Thanks in advance.
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08-19-2008, 04:54 PM #2Newbie
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The main difference is that web edition can't run certain applications, for example the full version of MS SQL. If all you want is a web server web edition will be fine.
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08-19-2008, 05:17 PM #3Cable Director
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Also the Web Edition can have a max of 2 GB RAM and the Standard Edition a max of 4 GB (I am talking about 32-bit version).
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08-22-2008, 09:01 AM #4WHT Addict
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So Standard Edition is better? And what happens if I don't choose none ot them?
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08-22-2008, 09:04 AM #5Custom Hosting Master
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Standard will pretty much be your best choice, unless you require some of the more advanced features of enterprise.
What do you mean "don't choose none of them"?
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08-22-2008, 12:04 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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Windows Server Web supports......
- Windows Server Web supports 32GB of RAM (4GB on 32-bit Systems)
- Support for up to four multi-core processors
- No limitation of Microsoft SQL Server installation
- And People, it is August, soon to be September 2008, take the time to implement the new stuff, because around spring of next year, you can't get a SPLA on 2003.
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08-22-2008, 01:40 PM #7Junior Guru Wannabe
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I'm not sure where you got your info, but it is incorrect:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc758523.aspx
- 2-GB RAM Maximum
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w...30828.aspx#E4D
- Organizations cannot use Windows Server 2003 Web Edition, to deploy Microsoft SQL Server, other than SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.
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08-22-2008, 02:08 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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Turn your calender, it is no longer 2003. It's like somebody asking a question about CentOS and quoting information from Centos 2.
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08-22-2008, 02:11 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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08-22-2008, 02:12 PM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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08-22-2008, 02:31 PM #11Junior Guru
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Yes. Web Ed supports 2gb max. Web Ed is a bit cheaper. Its worth if you dont want to upgrade your hardware.
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08-22-2008, 02:44 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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Ok, let's end this nonsense right now.
You need to select Windows Server Web 2008, when you order. It is entirely different than Windows Server 2003 Web Edition (that people keep quoting at nasium).
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08-22-2008, 03:49 PM #13WHT Addict
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08-22-2008, 03:58 PM #15Custom Hosting Master
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No, those are the three editions available: Web, Standard and Enterprise. Windows 2008 brings the Datacenter edition too. There is no plain "Windows Server 2003".
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08-22-2008, 04:05 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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08-22-2008, 05:00 PM #17Web Hosting Master
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I've used Web, Std, Ent, etc, and from experience, Web had no problems with 4 GB Ram, it all did show to me, 2003 ofc.
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08-23-2008, 12:16 AM #18Disabled
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WIndows server 2008 is still a new version of OS so I would like to prefer you that go with windows server 2003 Standard Edition .
I have been working with this edition from last 5 yrs.
Its good to have.
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08-23-2008, 12:54 AM #19Web Hosting Master
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For criminy sakes people. Sevrver 2003 et al is not going away anytime soon and the rush to 2008 is being pushed by those who are not letting the industry burn it in.
My personal recommendation is to deploy Windows 2008 (whatever edition you choose) no sooner than SP1. To say 2003 is deprecated is foolishness. I mean goodness, extended support for Windows 2000 Datacenter Edition ends in 2010.
Be very very wary of the "rush to get 2008 because 2003 is dead" comments being tossed around. The 2008 OS was released just a few months ago! Sure it has some pretty cool features, but hardly in a position to replace 2003. Not by a long shot.Adam - AQORN
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08-23-2008, 01:23 AM #20Web Hosting Master
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Enough of the 'professional' opinions already which are mostly wrong.
Visit: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx which has all the answers if you have any questions about memory limitations.Adam - AQORN
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08-23-2008, 01:26 AM #21Web Hosting Master
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"and from experience, Web had no problems with 4 GB Ram, it all did show to me, 2003"
Wrong. You were using Web 2008. Only 08 Web has a 4GB capacity.Adam - AQORN
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08-23-2008, 06:09 AM #22Web Hosting Master
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No ?
I've never touched 08 OS systems, nor do I plan to.
Might be that I used the x64 system, been years ago now.
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08-23-2008, 06:42 AM #23Web Hosting Master
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One of the biggest differences between Web Edition and another is licensing.
With standard (and Enterprise, etc) Windows Server editions you need to pay for CALs (client access licenses / 'concurrent connections', sort of) for each client of the server.
Because someone connecting to the web server (i.e. using a web application) could be considered a client under Microsoft Licensing, and it was urneasonable to expect a host to buy CALs for every web server client, Web Edition was created which solves this licensing problem..
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08-23-2008, 09:54 AM #24Junior Guru Wannabe
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I'm sure some people will say its simple but I find licensing of Microsoft Windows SPLA fairly confusing. People want to do the right thing and licence the software and it seems Microsoft does its best to baffle people.
As others have mentioned check out the SPLA site or contact a vendor who can explain SPLA to do. I used Insight in the UK and they were pretty helpful.
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08-24-2008, 03:35 AM #25Web Hosting Master
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