What's the difference between Win2k Advanced Server and Win2k Professional (Standard) Edition?

[mackstann]

Right now I just might be leeching Win 2000 Advanced Server (yeah, come get me, Microsoft!), and I want to know what the difference is between it and Standard Windows 2000. Is it just extra services and features that I can disable? (or not disable, we'll see..) Please, if you know alot about Windows 2000 please inform me!!!

 

[StuckMojo]

there is a version in between called just plain win2k server.

the differences are the same as they were in NT, pretty much.

server allows some things pro doesn't, like raid 1 and 5, and multiple servers in IIS (multiple www and ftp servers on one machine)

advanced server has higher CPU and memory limits than regular server, something like up to 8 cpus and i dunno how much ram

next one up is datacenter which is like 64 cpus and terrabytes of ram.

go to microsoft's site for a good breakdown of the diffs


oh yeah, adv server adds clustering too

 

[Kadesh]

What's the difference between Win2k Advanced Server and Win2k Professional Edition?

Lots and lots of money and a piece of your soul.

Also, if you were wondering, Datacenter is only included with hardware.

 

[CocaCola5]

Advanced Server has added stability over Server/Pro, ASP(app. server), also has windows media server for streaming, clustering/mirroring services. If you're trying to trim it down to Pro for speed, it won't happen because theres too many features which you can't remove. The regular Server is closer to Pro in speed, AS is pretty slow.

 

[StuckMojo]

define "added stability features"....and MS marketing documents that simply state that phrase don't count.

 

[JackBurton]

The are HUGE differences between the two (Pro and Server/AS). If you are just running ONE PC, just get Pro. If you are running muliple PCs and would like to set up a domain, Server or AS is the way to go. Server/AS does a lot of cool stuff but you'll need a network to use those features. Active Directory and establishing a trust between two servers is a cool thing to setup to add security to your network. But like I said, if you have one PC, there is no question about it, get Pro. This is coming from someone who has both AS and Pro.

 

[CocaCola5]

I have AS and S, I am not sure what they meant by it either, although they seem to want to make a strong point about it(maybe bs marketers). My guess is they probably meant it has more UPS management features over Server that makes it more stable.



<< define &quot;added stability features&quot;....and MS marketing documents that simply state that phrase don't count. >>

 

[StuckMojo]

acutally, i surmise that they make that claim based on the fact that AS adds clustering....technically a cluster is more stable than a single server...i suppose

hehe..marketing weasels