Microsoft Provided us with a few copies of the W2K3 Server R2 on both standard and Enterprise version.”, “So I thought what is so great other than the fact that it needs so much juice. The it occured to me that the W2K3 (Windows 2003 Server Release 2) has a nice little goodie : Virtual Server 2005!

No doubt there are alot of pirated or dodgy copies there o­n EBAY but I kinda waiting to get my hands o­n this Virtual Server , as it takes the need of Dumb Terminal a step forward.
Remember to old days of X400,WISE and other OPAC Terminals at the Uni or Library? Well, it seems that it works o­n PXE (Pre Boot Execution) or BOOTP terminologies.

And since I have yet to be successful with the Linux RARP and TFTP kernels (not yet master the art of Image Drives) so I try this o­ne first.

But then I need a good CPU..and where will I get it from?
2 Options I’m looking at:
IBM Netvista or the DELL GX110.
I’m more keen o­n the GX110 as the video driver don’t work that well off XP so I wanna give that a try o­nce i can land myself a better drive and some more ram. Did I mention RAM again?

W2K3 R2 Technical Min Specs:
Min:i386 133Mhz,128MB ,1.25-2.0GB,CD +STANDARDS
Min Rec: 550Mhz,256MB,
Max: 32GB , 8 CPU SMP

GEEK SPEAK:
Minimum a Pentium/AMD 133Mhz CPU with 128MB Ram and 1.25GB of HDD Space.
Recommended at least 550Mhz CPU with 256MB Ram and 2.0GB HDD Space
Maximum Capacity of 8 CPU o­n Simultaneous Multi-Processor Processing (SMP) ands 32GB of RAM.
+ Standards mean a Network Card for LAN/WAN and/or InterNet connection,SVGA monitor at 800*600 monitor resolution,CDROM Drive , mouse and keyboard (obviously). Could install it under a OEMSETUP (ie:No Hands! Auto Install)

Virtual Server 2005 needs alot more juice than it’s host.
MIN:550M,256MB,+2GB Space (++), WIN XP SP2
REC: 1.0GHz CPU and loads of HDD Space.

Well, of course it needs to be more..as you need loads of space to load things up ..as the OS is running off the CPU, ie all transactions off the central server,and that’s where I come in with this ingenious cunning plan.

That , More in a moment.

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