Moving to Windows 2008 server as workstation: Part 3: 6 weeks on
Ok, so, this post has been delayed for quite some time. in part 1 of this series, i talked about Media. And in part 2, i talked about Photography. these where both looking forward, at what could go wrong. Well, part 3 is now looking back. The upgrade of the Mac PRo to run Win2k8Srv happened about 6 weeks ago, and so far, so good. some notes below.
- Some things i want to play with (Channel 4 On Demand, Sky Player) wont work, but thats not because of Windows Server. thats because they dont play nice with 64 bit machines. This sucks! When will Channel 4 or Sky get proper developers in and fix the problem?
- Hyper-V rocks, but as a solution to the above problem, well, its not. Hyper-V does not have a sound card, so, no sound... In reality, makes sense. how many times have you installed a sound card in a server?
- the speed of this thing rocks! everything seems faster, responds quicker, and runs more stable. ok, i have had no crashes with Vista, but i have a sense that its more stable... probably just me...
- The iPhone, iPod touch and iPod classic all sync well with iTunes. no problems there. it even talks with my Apple TV without issue!
- I havent used the big DSLR camera in a while, but my small point and shoot one works perfect. plug in, download and see everything recorded! very nice.
- Back to Hyper-V and speed. I currently have 3 VMs running under Hyper-V: Win2k8 Enterprice, Win2k8 Web and a Virtual Cacti install. Everything still responds quickly, and the only slow down i have is if all 3 VHDs and the host need something of the HDD. Since all are sitting on one single spindle... This is my problem, and adding more drives should solve it...
- all my coding tools work grand on this, and because its a Server OS, i can install a Full SQL Box directly on the machine, which has its advantages!
So, there you have it. all is going well after 6 weeks, give or take. if anyone has any questions, leave a comment!
2 Comments : 07.12.08
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well, before i moved from Vista to 2k8, i had Aero turned off. and i dont have the Aero pack turned on in 2k8 either... just left the standard 2k8 theme asis...
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robert
07.14.2008 @ 12:37
I've been using server 2008 as a workstation for the past three weeks now and I can't believe how quicker it is when compared to vista on the same hardware.
Of course some of the annoying Aero/GUI things are still there but the speed is impressive.