Why should I use Windows Server 2003 premium

[waitman]

I Don't know squat about servers, but I got 2 legal full versions of windows Server 2003 premium 5 cal. promotional samples

What would be the advantage of using it in a home situation? How useful would it be? I have several computers that are networked together with a linksys wireless router.

Would there be any use in using it at all or in what situation would it be used? Also, it being a promotional sample will it just stop working after a certain amount of time.

Accidently posted too soon!

 

[Homerboy]

for a workstation? for a home server?
none

 

[kamper]

Education?

 

[pcmax]

Great for a home server. You can do software raid 0/1/5 with some cheap ide drives. I have mine running raid 5 with 3 80 giggers. Cheap redundancy.

 

[waitman]

Anyone else use it for home servers?

 

[waitman]

Being a promotional sample will it just stop working after a certain amount of time?

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: pcmax
Great for a home server. You can do software raid 0/1/5 with some cheap ide drives. I have mine running raid 5 with 3 80 giggers. Cheap redundancy.

You can do any of those raids with Windows 2000 and XP as well (need to do a little hacking, but anybody who can follow basic instructions can do it in 2mins)

 

[InfiniteLurker]

Originally posted by: waitman
Being a promotional sample will it just stop working after a certain amount of time?

It should say on the disk if it's a time-limited version, like 180-day trial or something...

I use Windows Server 2003 on a home server - it hosts my web sites, and I run exchange server on it as well. Sure, it's probably overkill, but it's what I do for a living and educational...

 

[Mavrick007]

If it's for a home situation, Windows Server 2003 will not help you besides give you a copy of "Windows". You can use it just like WinXP but it's meant for an organization's server environment. If you have a promotional copy, then yes it will probably time out. I would check Microsoft's site to see how long it's good for, or perhaps check the documentation that came with it (if any).

It would be great to learn about Windows Server environment if you had a spare computer to use, but I wouldn't depend on it if it times out in a few months.

 

[waitman]

Thanks for the replies.