Remove Non-Existent DC's
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@coliver said
Nothing to do with latest and greatest. This is simply getting up-to-date to be secure and stable. 2003 was not a stable operating system it was almost constantly moments away from failing spectacularly. R2 made it more stable but still not as good as 2008R2 or 2012R2.
All depends on what you do.
For my smaller business needs I have never had any issues.
Of course now today I am expecting a spectacular failing.
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@BRRABill said in Remove Non-Existent DC's:
The new 2003 server I stood up on modern hardware and SSDs was blazing.
I had to do a double take.
New 2003 server? Tell us more.
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@Breffni-Potter said
I had to do a double take.
New 2003 server? Tell us more.
I posted a little earlier in the thread.
To facilitate a P2V move of other DCs.
We are waiting for 2016 to come out.
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@BRRABill said in Remove Non-Existent DC's:
@Breffni-Potter said
I had to do a double take.
New 2003 server? Tell us more.
I posted a little earlier in the thread.
Whoops, so you did.
The 2003 box is not public facing though right?
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@Breffni-Potter said
The 2003 box is not public facing though right?
No.
But even still, are there any unpatched breaches is the wild? Not that I have heard of.
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@Breffni-Potter said in Remove Non-Existent DC's:
@BRRABill said in Remove Non-Existent DC's:
The new 2003 server I stood up on modern hardware and SSDs was blazing.
I had to do a double take.
New 2003 server? Tell us more.
Read earlier in the thread. Basically waiting till Server 2016 comes out to update to the most recent version.
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@BRRABill said in Remove Non-Existent DC's:
The new 2003 server I stood up on modern hardware and SSDs was blazing.
I know ML loves the latest and greatest, but 2003 was a good OS. Still is, security patches notwithstanding.
It was mediocre. It was slow and lacked key features even in its heyday. It was the last of the NT5 line and did okay. 2003 R2 was a big better, 2003 was meh. It only seemed good because 2000 had been so horrible.
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I spun up a 2012 R2 box and a 2003 box this evening for a test.
Identical VM specs, ram, CPU the lot.
Man oh man is that 2003 box slow. The 03 box was still shutting down by the time the 12 box had restarted and come back.
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@Breffni-Potter said in Remove Non-Existent DC's:
I spun up a 2012 R2 box and a 2003 box this evening for a test.
Identical VM specs, ram, CPU the lot.
Man oh man is that 2003 box slow. The 03 box was still shutting down by the time the 12 box had restarted and come back.
Yeah, 2003 was not all that great. Neither were 2000, 2008 and 2008 R2. But NT 4 and 2012 and later were quite good.
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Alright, people.
It's all I have for now.
Have pity on me!
I do have 2012 and 2016 trial servers set up, so at least there is that.
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Could be worse... I guess.
