128MB Memory

What hope is there of running SBS2003 on machine with
128MB of memory?

Machine will basically be a file server for 2 users and
host a small web site (not using IIS).

Will not run Exchange or SQL.

Will the install process halt when it only sees 128MB?

Charles
Thu Jun 17 20:49:25 CDT 2004

never tried it on 128mb.

ms MINIMUM server spec for sbs 2003 is 300mhz processor, 256mb ram, 4gb
disk. I wouldnt try anything less that this, and by experiance the minimum
spec is virtually unuseable.
way tooooo slowwwwww.

"Brad" <brad_bondi@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> What hope is there of running SBS2003 on machine with
> 128MB of memory?
>
> Machine will basically be a file server for 2 users and
> host a small web site (not using IIS).
>
> Will not run Exchange or SQL.
>
> Will the install process halt when it only sees 128MB?

Kevin
Thu Jun 17 21:37:57 CDT 2004

If that's all you are using it for, why in the world are you not either
using std Windows server OS or Linux?

--
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"


"Brad" <brad_bondi@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> What hope is there of running SBS2003 on machine with
> 128MB of memory?
>
> Machine will basically be a file server for 2 users and
> host a small web site (not using IIS).
>
> Will not run Exchange or SQL.
>
> Will the install process halt when it only sees 128MB?

Lanwench
Thu Jun 17 21:58:43 CDT 2004

Nooooo....run away, run far away. If it's worth having a server, it's worth
having decent kit to run it on, even for two users. 128MB is barely enough
for a workstation OS these days, let alone a server OS or SBS ......

Brad wrote:
> What hope is there of running SBS2003 on machine with
> 128MB of memory?
>
> Machine will basically be a file server for 2 users and
> host a small web site (not using IIS).
>
> Will not run Exchange or SQL.
>
> Will the install process halt when it only sees 128MB?

Kevin
Thu Jun 17 22:21:46 CDT 2004

Well, that's very true. I'm upping several of my heavy graphics or multi
application users to 1GB of workstation memory. They're constantly swapping
out at 512MB.


--
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eUWE4FOVEHA.3024@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Nooooo....run away, run far away. If it's worth having a server, it's
worth
> having decent kit to run it on, even for two users. 128MB is barely enough
> for a workstation OS these days, let alone a server OS or SBS ......
>
> Brad wrote:
> > What hope is there of running SBS2003 on machine with
> > 128MB of memory?
> >
> > Machine will basically be a file server for 2 users and
> > host a small web site (not using IIS).
> >
> > Will not run Exchange or SQL.
> >
> > Will the install process halt when it only sees 128MB?
>
>

SuperGumby
Fri Jun 18 06:04:32 CDT 2004

yes, Win98 runs well in 128MB. It doesn't matter how much more you throw at
it it probably won't run much better.

I recommend 512 for XP but will accept 256 at a pinch.

Sheesh, 128 for an NT4 server (vanilla) was slightly more than 'adequate'.

If you were to ask me to install your SBS onto a PC with 128MB of RAM I
couldn't guarantee I could do it and the first thing I would suggest is that
the additional money you are going to pay me for watching the install
progress at a snail's pace would be better spent elsewhere (ie. another
couple of sticks of RAM)

Some VirtualPC info:
Installing SBS2000 onto a VPC with 256MB RAM takes a lot more time than when
you allocate ~500.
Installing SBS2003 onto a VPC with 400MB RAM takes days.

"Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]" <kweilbacMVP@gte.net> wrote in message
news:OCSOdLOVEHA.3332@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Well, that's very true. I'm upping several of my heavy graphics or multi
> application users to 1GB of workstation memory. They're constantly
swapping
> out at 512MB.
>
>
> --
> Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
> "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
message
> news:eUWE4FOVEHA.3024@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Nooooo....run away, run far away. If it's worth having a server, it's
> worth
> > having decent kit to run it on, even for two users. 128MB is barely
enough
> > for a workstation OS these days, let alone a server OS or SBS ......
> >
> > Brad wrote:
> > > What hope is there of running SBS2003 on machine with
> > > 128MB of memory?
> > >
> > > Machine will basically be a file server for 2 users and
> > > host a small web site (not using IIS).
> > >
> > > Will not run Exchange or SQL.
> > >
> > > Will the install process halt when it only sees 128MB?
> >
> >
>
>