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5 Replies Last post: Dec 4, 2006 4:44 AM by femialpha

microsoft storage server 2003 R2 + scsi pack

Nov 30, 2006 5:29 AM

Click to view asp24's profile Enthusiast asp24 48 posts since
Oct 11, 2006
I have a couple of Tyan Transport barebones running NFS for storage (testing ESX Server 3.0 + NFS). Is it possible to buy WSS 20003 R2 + iscsi pack for ANY system, or do I have to buy this with a complete HP system (etc) ?

Thanks in advance
Re: microsoft storage server 2003 R2 + scsi pack Nov 30, 2006 6:19 AM
Click to view AMcCreath's profile Master AMcCreath 1,069 posts since
Jan 7, 2005
You can buy it on it's own. It is not hardware specific, much the hardware vendors disgust!

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/wss2003/productinformation/features/default.mspx

:)
Re: microsoft storage server 2003 R2 + scsi pack Dec 3, 2006 8:14 PM
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Click to view femialpha's profile Hot Shot femialpha 109 posts since
Oct 25, 2005
It is sold to OEM's only so you are stuck with HP and a handful of others that install in on their servers.
Re: microsoft storage server 2003 R2 + scsi pack Dec 4, 2006 1:49 AM
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Click to view AMcCreath's profile Master AMcCreath 1,069 posts since
Jan 7, 2005
Hardly an handfull mate.... All the big players are there...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/wss2003/howtobuy/default.mspx

DELL
IBM
HP
Fujitsu Siemens
Gateway
NEC
AMS
....
Re: microsoft storage server 2003 R2 + scsi pack Dec 4, 2006 4:40 AM
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Click to view asp24's profile Enthusiast asp24 48 posts since
Oct 11, 2006
but can I buy it from HP (or one of the other OEM's) and install it on my Tyan Servers? :)
Re: microsoft storage server 2003 R2 + scsi pack Dec 4, 2006 4:44 AM
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Click to view femialpha's profile Hot Shot femialpha 109 posts since
Oct 25, 2005
It is sold as an 'appliance' so you have to buy it pre-installed on a server. They usually come with a re-install CD but using that on another hardware would violate your license agreement.
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