SBS 2003 on a Quad Processor Setup

Question

We just acquired a PE 6450 with quad PIII 700 Xeon Processors.  It has no O.S. and we want to use SBS 2003 Premium Edition.  I have heard that there are issues with this O.S.  when running 4 processors.  Is there any truth to this or do we need to look at a different O.S.?

jmwills · Answer

How many users will be in your Domain?

sntaylor · Answer

we have 8 now but will have 10 by the end of 2005.  We inherited this server and want to put it to use.

sntaylor · Answer

Great.  Can you email me the info and i'll join. ntaylor@ogdenvalleydrywall.com   Thanks,   Nathan

jmwills · Answer

I'll post it to our newsgroup and let you know or better yet, you can join the group.  It's within Yahoo and is called SBS2K.

jmwills · Answer

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbs2k/

WebExec · Answer

Probably a bit late and you have already gotten an answer but SBS 2003 in either edition only supports up to 2 processors.

jmwills · Answer

My guess is that you found out that SBS can not handle any more than 2 processors , the limioted AD usage of 75 users does not require more than two processors. Microsoft really locked this OS down for Small Business as the name indicates and most samll businesses doen't need a quad processor machine.

My suggestion would be to sell that box or trade it in for something less powerful or install Server 2003.

Message Edited by jmwills on 12-27-2004 06:22 AM

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