Hardware Compatibility & Drivers & use of box

spencerbomar — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:42:53 GMT

Pardon me to post here, but I have had a challenge with finding correct info on MS site as the hardware compatibility link is not serving up the info.

I decided to follow my son's lead after he built his own gaming box and build my own server for SBS 03. I needed SBS to run Goldmine premium (8.0) CRM for my business using SQL 05 Workgroup edition. At this point, I will be only person
accessing that software.

I have been peer to peer network, but in essence, have been server based using 1 primary system for all file storage to ease backup pains with everyone doing their own thing. All images (photographer) & documents have been like this since my install of Lantastic DOS many, many, moons ago.

2 part question.

1. How crazy is it to run the server box as my personal machine as well? I have always run the "fake" server as my machine with no perceptible slowdown. Only 3- 4 other machines accessing data and not for extended periods

Specs: Gigabyte Mobo P35C-DS3R 45nm either DDR2 or DDR3 1066FSB up to 8G DDR2 (anticipating 64 bit). Mobo is 64 bit compliant.
One of the supported processors for the Mobo was the Intel 3110 Core 2 Xeon running at 3.0Ghz. As this is a low end server chip, I thought it should serve my purpose.
HD's 1TB seagate partitioned with 100G for Server and future updates/upgrades with 2 640G Maxtor HD's using the onboard Raid controller in Raid 1. Using a 550w Corsair PS.

What problems would I run into using the box in a dual manner- client/server role? And, is it even technically possible with SBS to do this?

2. Bought EVGA 8000 series graphics card to run my dual dvi monitors and believe NVIDIA doesn't support SBS 03 with drivers for it. But, I believe ATI cards are supported for SBS 03 and drivers are more readily available. I tried XP drivers based upon EVGA blog, but the card is not even seen in the box. Could be a Mobo issue as well though.

For question 1, Yea or nay on using as client/server?

Question 2- Since MS site not serving up compatibility for hardware, any suggestions on how to check? Would XP drivers be possible to be used if SBS 03 not available?

Thanks and sorry for length.

Spencer

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