 Re: Upgrade: NG FP3 to NGX R62 (win2k)
Yeah, I know about hardware cost issues. Penny-wise and pound-foolish, usually. When I took my management server to NGX, it really started huffing and puffing. Did I say "server"? It's an old 800 MHz desktop with 512 MB of RAM that I got when one of our facilities closed down. It replaced the 600 MHz desktop that I got from another facility's junk closet. I did put new hard drives in it, though, and my concern over its age does make me image it more frequently than I would otherwise, so maybe "old" is good. :-)
When I was testing the upgrade, I installed Server 2003 on a Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 virtual instance and it worked perfectly, as it should. I'm thinking about making that a permanent solution because it is hardware agnostic and certainly easy to back up.
A big disadvantage is that it's harder to secure physically. That's because the web browser interface to the virtual server itself is now reachable from all IP's internally, and so is it's login screen. :-(
Take care,
Ray |