Looking for some upgrade advice

Fri May 19 07:12:22 PDT 2006

I'll consider it, but many of these machines really need to be upgraded
because of other applications people are using.  I don't want to load up
the server with some of these and some of the machines are just tired. 
Finally, after 7 years there is something of a hodgepodge of hardware
due to repairs from what used to be a common setup.  For some
applications a 400MHz Celeron just doesn't cut it anymore.  If I
upgraded the server I would also have to upgrade the printing methods as
the old system depended on the Netware "CAPTURE" command.  Not
difficult, but still time consuming.

I'll probably look to upgrade the server hardware first and then
consider the possibility of migrating to a new OS.  At least then it
becomes a two-stage process where the second is not dependent on the first.

Boaz

Transpower wrote:

> Boaz:  You woudn't have to upgrade the clients at all; just install
> and configure the Terminal Services client on each.  Spend your money
> (or the company's money) on the server.  The client software is free,
> but the licenses at ther server are not (you'll have to check to see
> what the current prices are, but the last time I checked they were
> $75/seat).  And make sure you use Windows Server 2003 Standard, not
> Small Business Server--which doesn't support Terminal Services to more
> than 2 clients.
>
> If you've never done a Terminal Server installation you will need to
> study Todd Mathers' book on Thin Client Solutions.
>
> Regards,
> Ron Satz
> Transpower Corporation, www.transpowercorp.com, transpower at aol.com
> SCO Authorized and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineering
>
> Boaz Bezborodko wrote on 5/19/2006, 9:37 AM:
>
>> Is win2003 easy to move up to from Netware?
>>
>> I understand that running filePro on the server can speed things up
>> given that the disk access is right there.  But I don't have any
>> complaints about access right now and we're working mostly on 7 year
>> old PIIs and Celerons with a 100Mb ethernet.  I'd rather spend the
>> money on upgrading the individual computers and the server hardware
>> to GigE and a faster disk subsystem.
>>
>> Any more thoughts or advice?
>>
>> Transpower wrote:
>>
>>> My Windows 2003 Server and those of my clients have never crashed. 
>>> Terminal Server works great; I can even connect to one wirelessly
>>> with my Windows Mobile 5 device (using Terminal Services client)! 
>>> Of course I still also like SCO UNIX OpenServer--super reliable and
>>> fast, with good disaster recovery tools available.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ron Satz
>>> Transpower Corporation, www.transpowercorp.com, transpower at aol.com
>>> SCO Authorized and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineering
>>>
>>>
>>> Boaz Bezborodko wrote on 5/19/2006, 8:31 AM:
>>>
>>>> What kind flexibility would I be gaining?  Not being fascetious,
>>>> it's just that I haven't really looked into any server feature sets
>>>> since I installed Netware 5. 
>>>>
>>>> My other concern is uptime and security, but it seems that 2003  is
>>>> better than I was led to believe.
>>>>
>>>> Of course I coul just stick to newer and better hardware with the
>>>> same old OS.  Most of the hardware I'd consider (upgrading to a
>>>> still old Storage Array 4300 RAID controller would still give me an
>>>> 8-fold increase in disk transfer speeds and most of the database
>>>> will fit in memory anyway) will have drivers for NW 5.
>>>>
>>>> Boaz
>>>>
>>>> John Esak wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I'm going to top-post... sorry.
>>>>>
>>>>>I am a *nix person almost exclusively... and I think getting a hold of a
>>>>>Unix guru like Bill Campbell to help you put in a Linux system would be
>>>>>unbeatable. HOWEVER... lacking the money (and I think it would be pretty
>>>>>considerable to do something like that...) I would never consider switching
>>>>>from a platform I know and like to something *completely* foreign. It would
>>>>>be just as hard to go from being a solid Unix house to a Windows server.
>>>>>The bottom line for me is to agree with Wally, if you are comfortable with
>>>>>Netware... moving to a @003 server would be relatively painless and offer
>>>>>you huge new flexibility.
>>>>>
>>>>>John Esak
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com
>>>>>>[mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com]On
>>>>>>Behalf Of Boaz Bezborodko
>>>>>>Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:30 PM
>>>>>>To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>>>>>>Subject: Looking for some upgrade advice
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I want to start planning an upgrade of our company's server.  Currently
>>>>>>we are using FilePro on Windows working off an old Netware 5.0 server
>>>>>>based on a PII-350 machine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The FilePro applications themselves run decently and will obviously run
>>>>>>better if I simply upgraded the server hardware and the network to GigE.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I was considering using Linux instead of Netware, but does this mean
>>>>>>having to learn something completely new or are there some decent
>>>>>>packaged versions that avoid some of the pain?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any other options I should be considering?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Boaz
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