Hi,
My name is Dorothy and I work for a small spring manufacturing job
shop with about 40 nodes. At present, we are still running Classic on
a Novell server. Many of our machines are 486 DOS based PCs. The rest
of them are running Win 95 or 98.
We are in the process of migrating to Vantage 4.0 and in the final
stages of selecting our server. I have almost lived here in the
Vantage E-groups while researching all the possible ways to do this
migration by reading what you have all posted on topics such as RAID
5, yes or no. Windows 2000, yes or no. What we have decided to do is
to go with NT 4 and mirroring, as Epicor does not
currently "formally" support either Windows 2000 or RAID 5.
Now that we are down to the wire in the selection process, another
obstacle has come up and I could use some input from anyone who can
help.
Since the decision to stay with NT 4 has been made, another
alternative for us has come up that I need some input on... whether
or not to go with Microsoft Small Business Server 4.5. It seems to
have many of the features we need both now and within the next few
years for our type of operation.
Does the Vantage software have any problems with MS Small Business
Server? I have had one PC support place not even let me get SBS 4.5
out of my mouth before telling me that I am heading in the wrong
direction and another service center who takes the postion that it
will run fine.
Does purchasing SBS mean that it has to be a server of its own? Can
other apps be installed on the SBS other than MS Office (i.e. 3rd
party software)?
I can use any tips and suggestions anybody can provide :-)
Thanks, Dorothy
Systems Administrator
Mid-West Spring Mfg.
mailto:denderle@...
My name is Dorothy and I work for a small spring manufacturing job
shop with about 40 nodes. At present, we are still running Classic on
a Novell server. Many of our machines are 486 DOS based PCs. The rest
of them are running Win 95 or 98.
We are in the process of migrating to Vantage 4.0 and in the final
stages of selecting our server. I have almost lived here in the
Vantage E-groups while researching all the possible ways to do this
migration by reading what you have all posted on topics such as RAID
5, yes or no. Windows 2000, yes or no. What we have decided to do is
to go with NT 4 and mirroring, as Epicor does not
currently "formally" support either Windows 2000 or RAID 5.
Now that we are down to the wire in the selection process, another
obstacle has come up and I could use some input from anyone who can
help.
Since the decision to stay with NT 4 has been made, another
alternative for us has come up that I need some input on... whether
or not to go with Microsoft Small Business Server 4.5. It seems to
have many of the features we need both now and within the next few
years for our type of operation.
Does the Vantage software have any problems with MS Small Business
Server? I have had one PC support place not even let me get SBS 4.5
out of my mouth before telling me that I am heading in the wrong
direction and another service center who takes the postion that it
will run fine.
Does purchasing SBS mean that it has to be a server of its own? Can
other apps be installed on the SBS other than MS Office (i.e. 3rd
party software)?
I can use any tips and suggestions anybody can provide :-)
Thanks, Dorothy
Systems Administrator
Mid-West Spring Mfg.
mailto:denderle@...