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Good points, TheCleaner...I would agree with you on this.
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Good points, TheCleaner...I would agree with you on this.

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The main reason I am upgrading to R2 (on my File Servers Only) is for the new FRS.<br />
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With W2k3 when a file was replicated due to a change the whole file was synced. &nbsp;(For me that meant 200MB CAD Files over a VPN...OUCH!) &nbsp;I had to turn off FRS on any CAD or otherwise large files.<br />
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With R2 it will only replicate the actual changed bits in the file. &nbsp;So now my user will open his CAD file, change the drawing, and only a few KB are synced.
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The main reason I am upgrading to R2 (on my File Servers Only) is for the new FRS.

With W2k3 when a file was replicated due to a change the whole file was synced.  (For me that meant 200MB CAD Files over a VPN...OUCH!)  I had to turn off FRS on any CAD or otherwise large files.

With R2 it will only replicate the actual changed bits in the file.  So now my user will open his CAD file, change the drawing, and only a few KB are synced.

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Thank you for the points.<br />
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mcsween makes an excellent point as well...
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Thank you for the points.

mcsween makes an excellent point as well...

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Hi to all<br />
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We have 6 to 7 servers are currently running on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1 and I understand that Windows Server 2003 R2 &nbsp;just came out a few weeks ago.<br />
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My quick question is should I go ahead to install Windows Server 2003 R2 on the top of the current Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1 and perform the upgrade ?<br />
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What kinds of benefits I will gain if I use the R2 version ?<br />
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Please kindly advise.
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Hi to all

We have 6 to 7 servers are currently running on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1 and I understand that Windows Server 2003 R2  just came out a few weeks ago.

My quick question is should I go ahead to install Windows Server 2003 R2 on the top of the current Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1 and perform the upgrade ?

What kinds of benefits I will gain if I use the R2 version ?

Please kindly advise.

Should I upgrade our company servers to Windows Server 2003 R2

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).