Which windows 2008?

[Guest Roger]

I am in the position of having to by new equipment to replace aging production servers. Rather than get 'left behind' we need to get new OS with them as well.

 

Here is what we want to accomplish:

 

Network load-balancing across two WEB servers running asp.net apps

File replication across the same two servers

 

We do not run under a Windows Domain topology, just a work group.

 

1) Can we do this with Windows 2008?

2) Which version do we need?

 

We do not want to add the load of Domain controller to any of our servers, and we don't want to have to purchase 2 more servers to act in that role if it can be avoided at all. We only have 8 servers in this location total, and only 3 people access them (other than web-clients) so management of accounts is a non-issue for us. (Only 2 are web, the rest are database or telephony servers)

 

 

 

Thanks!

[Guest Jabez Gan [MVP]]

Re: Which windows 2008?

 

Read inline :)

 

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"Roger" <rogerdev@vnet.on.ca> wrote in message

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I am in the position of having to by new equipment to replace aging

production servers. Rather than get 'left behind' we need to get new OS with

them as well.

 

Here is what we want to accomplish:

 

Network load-balancing across two WEB servers running asp.net apps

> Suggest that you cluster 2 machines - Win2003/08 works. Else use a

> hardware based network load balancer

 

File replication across the same two servers

> A domain environment is best for the scenario of haivng file replication

> across 2 servers.

 

We do not run under a Windows Domain topology, just a work group.

 

1) Can we do this with Windows 2008? -Yes

2) Which version do we need? - Win2008 Standard will work.

 

 

We do not want to add the load of Domain controller to any of our servers,

and we don't want to have to purchase 2 more servers to act in that role if

it can be avoided at all. We only have 8 servers in this location total, and

only 3 people access them (other than web-clients) so management of accounts

is a non-issue for us. (Only 2 are web, the rest are database or telephony

servers)

 

 

 

Thanks!