Proliant DL580 & w2003 ent edition

[marych]

Hi!
Please tellme, if I by this server:
Proliant DL580R05 X2.93 Quad Core SAS (4xX7350-2x4mb/4x2Gb(16DIMM Slots)/no SFFHDD(8/16)/RAID(P400wBBWC512Mb)/2xGigNIC/DVD, noFDD/4xHPRPS/iLo2Std)

Can I use this server with win 2003 server enterprise edition?
And can use win 2003 enterprise edition all 16 cores of my processors?
Or I need use win 2003 Datacenter edition to use all cores of mi processors?

Thanks
Sergey

[KarloChacon]

hi

to get all Procs recognized all 16 you need DataCenter Edition

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/4/cd439e15-b32c-49d5-9308-d6eef68aa88e/WS03%20R2%20EE%20Overview.doc

Enterprise only support 8 Procs

[marych]

Exuse me, I have no 16 processors! I have 4 quad core processors. Im this publications writen "up to 8 PROCESSORS". Wrigth I understand but dont matters how many cores have processor?

[marych]

One more Question.
Can I install into Proliant DL580R05
3pts 146GB 10K SFF SAS 2.5" HotPlug Single Port HDD (For use with SAS Models servers and storage systems)
And configure it like:
first + second HDD = RAID 1
Trird HHD = Stand Alone
Is to be working this configuration?

[Prabhu Raj · Accepted solution]

Windows 2003 ent ed processor compatibility.


133-MHz or faster processor for x86-based PCs; 733-MHz for Itanium-based PCs; up to eight processors supported on either the 32-bit or the 64-bit version

It supports up to 8 physical processors. Windows 2003 ent ed does not bother about cores in a processor.

You can easily install the OS without any issues. Because I have.

[Prabhu Raj]

" One more Question.
Can I install into Proliant DL580R05
3pts 146GB 10K SFF SAS 2.5" HotPlug Single Port HDD (For use with SAS Models servers and storage systems)
And configure it like:
first + second HDD = RAID 1
Trird HHD = Stand Alone
Is to be working this configuration? "


Yes you can create RAID 1 with 2 146 GB HDD and RAID 0 with 1 146 GB HDD.

RAID 0 will act like a stand alone non redundant hdd but i would recommend RAID 5 since you have 3 HDD's.

[marych]

Thank You!

[KarloChacon]

yes my bad Standard support 8 procs no matter which capability