Category: SBS2011


Short Answer: No.

 

Why do I say this?  If you are already running SBS2008 there is no compelling reason to upgrade.  SBS2011 is based upon Server 2008R2.  This version of Windows server goes out of primary support in 2014.  This means the newest SBS server software is based upon what is soon to be an outdated server platform.  Why do I say this?  Server 2008R2 goes out of primary support in June of 2013.  I’m not keen on spending large amounts of money on what is soon to be outdated software.  Sure it has Exchange 2010 and SharePoint 2010..but that’s really it.  All of that doesn’t matter since the base foundation software goes outside of primary support in 2013.  Sure there’s “extended support” but that’s security updates only.  No bugfixes, no non-security updates..etc etc.  I can’t recommend this package in any of it’s flavors right now especially with server 8 on it way for a likely release in 2012.

What does ECC recommend?  A server running ESXI with one vm running server 2008(or server 8 when it comes out) and in anther vm Zimbra.  Zimbra handles many of the functions of SharePoint/Exchange for an unbeatable price.  Zero.

Are unreal.  minimum is 8 gigs and they say they really want 10.  I can say that if you want to deploy the system and have room for usage without having to upgrade the ram very quickly start with 16 gigs of ram.  Hard disk space is very large.  I can tell you right now in term of storage.  SBS 2k8 barely runs well on 7200 RPM SATA in RAID1.  Do not deploy this software on anything less than 10K RPM SATA/SAS in real hardware RAID 1. CPU is Minimum 2.0 ghz quad.  I’m going to say you really want 3.0 ghz quad to leave room for other things that will get installed on that box to support business operations.

 

SBS 2011 System Requirements.