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SBS 2003 File server
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I have one SBS 2003 server running Domain, DHCP, Exchange, Antivirus server with large size of network shared folders near about 150GB, my server has 1TB hard drive. Well my question is I wana make separate file server is it possible to install SBS 2003 on a an other PC and just make file server on and install file server resource manager (FSRM) for event log and make this new SBS 2003 member of old SBS domain or there is any other way to make file server with event log please help me.
I have one SBS 2003 server running Domain, DHCP, Exchange, Antivirus server with large size of network shared folders near about 150GB, my server has 1TB hard drive. Well my question is I wana make separate file server is it possible to install SBS 2003 on a an other PC and just make file server on and install file server resource manager (FSRM) for event log and make this new SBS 2003 member of old SBS domain or there is any other way to make file server with event log please help me.
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You can have 2 servers, but only 1 SBS server to clarify the above post.
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thanks for quick reply one more thing is it possible to make windows xp machine to work as a file server and can view event log reports....
The event logs are essentially the same for both systems. You can make XP Pro a file server in an SBS domain however, you are still restricted by XP Pro limits of no more than 10 users connecting to the serve at any one time. In addition, XP doesn't have Volume Shadow Copy - that's only available on SBS 2003 and later operating systems including Server 2008 and Vista.
As noted, you can have multiple servers - 50 Standard or Enterprise Windows Servers - or more... if you like - HOWEVER, you may only have ONE SBS server because it must hold the FSMO roles.
As noted, you can have multiple servers - 50 Standard or Enterprise Windows Servers - or more... if you like - HOWEVER, you may only have ONE SBS server because it must hold the FSMO roles.
How many users are accessing files?
Normally SBS is fine to run all the roles including file server, if you really need another file server to increase peformance (many users with large files/streaming video/etc) then you should get Servr 2003 Standard, and join it to the network as a member server.
You can only have 1 SBS server on your network.