Hey all,
I've had a server at my office for some time now, it's running a socket 939 AMD chip at 2.0GHz, 2GB DDR RAM, nothing huge. At first I just threw XP on it and used it for file sharing, Filezilla for FTP'ing, the usual. Now it will be used a lot more heavily as me and some friends have started working on a media project, using the server as the central location for everything. The network consists of 4 or 5 computers.
I recently was given a copy of SBS 2003, so I installed it on the server. Although I am experienced with computers in general, i.e. networking, fixing upgrading etc, I've never really worked with Business OS's.
What I'd like to know is, are there any huge advantages of SBS over XP in my situation? I've no real need for not having the accounts stored locally if you know what I mean, as we all have our own machines, and none of the files are secret or exclusive to any of us so security on that side isn't really needed. Anything I'm missing?
Sorry for the length, I appreciate any help that you clever cloggs can give me
Chris.
I've had a server at my office for some time now, it's running a socket 939 AMD chip at 2.0GHz, 2GB DDR RAM, nothing huge. At first I just threw XP on it and used it for file sharing, Filezilla for FTP'ing, the usual. Now it will be used a lot more heavily as me and some friends have started working on a media project, using the server as the central location for everything. The network consists of 4 or 5 computers.
I recently was given a copy of SBS 2003, so I installed it on the server. Although I am experienced with computers in general, i.e. networking, fixing upgrading etc, I've never really worked with Business OS's.
What I'd like to know is, are there any huge advantages of SBS over XP in my situation? I've no real need for not having the accounts stored locally if you know what I mean, as we all have our own machines, and none of the files are secret or exclusive to any of us so security on that side isn't really needed. Anything I'm missing?
Sorry for the length, I appreciate any help that you clever cloggs can give me
Chris.