Speed difference between Windows 2003 Server and Novell Server

[Transpower]

Nancy, I would strongly suggest using Terminal Server and Thin Clients 
at most work stations.  Windows Server is much easier to use than Novell.

Regards,
Ron Satz
Transpower Corporation, www.transpowercorp.com, transpower at aol.com


Nancy Palmquist wrote on 4/10/2006, 10:13 AM:

 > We are trying to get an idea about the difference in speed we might
 > expect changing from a Novell Server to Windows2003.
 >
 > All things hardware-wise remaining the same for network connections and
 > that kind of stuff, would anyone be able to give us an idea about an
 > expected improvement or change in the speed.
 >
 > There are roughly 100 users over all using the network and about 32 in
 > filePro running filePro 5.0.
 >
 > Currently, building a particular index on our Novell network can take 1
 > hour.  Same index on a Linux server takes 5 minutes.  Where could we
 > expect the speed of a Windows2003 fall in that range?
 >
 > I know I did not post version numbers and a lot of hardware details, but
 > we are wanting some assurance that it will be faster than Novell's
 > speeds.  This also includes a change to a Domain server setup.  We are
 > hoping to get speeds closer to the Linux speeds.
 >
 > In our tests, with only one active user, it was very much faster.
 >
 > Could anyone that has made this adjustment, and can offer some idea of
 > the difference, post there experiences?
 >
 > Also any suggested "gotcha's" would be great, as we try to get ready for
 > this switch-over.
 >
 > Thank you so much for the help.
 >
 > Nancy
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