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[40sixty]

Hey guys, just wondering, is there any huge difference between the two?
I'm primarily going to use the server for gaming.

After researching, the only thing I saw was that Web only supports up to 2GB of ram.

[Softsys Hosting]

You can get a detailed comparison of different versions of Windows Server 2003 at below link:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win...s/compare.mspx

Thanks!

[boonchuan]

Web is normally for those that do not require MS SQL etc, I find it quite inconvenient especially the restrictions, for normal cases I would take the Standard as it is much more flexible.

[CyberHostPro]

On Web Edition you can install SQL Express/MSDE but not the full SQL. I personally would recommend going for standard, that way if one day you do need SQL then you have the ability to use it.