Windows Server 2003 vs Windows FLP, which is better for an old server?

[Marszala]

Hello, I have an old IBM server and I am on the project of fixing it up so I can use it as a personal server for storage, however, is there a difference between Server 2003 and FLP when it comes to connecting two computers with the correct LAN cable? I have no plans or ideas to anything more than beyond that relating to networking.

[Omega]

I would use Linux instead. Samba is quite easy to set up for file sharing and it will be a lot more secure.

Any Windows OS can make shares. A server or workstation OS is not required for this.

I also wouldn't use a old power hungry machine as a server. A modern Raspberry Pi single board computer uses 100th of the power and gives well over 10x the performance.

Windows Server 2003 is made for managing a domain and hosting services, it will have tools build-in to do these tasks. Windows FLP is made to upgrade aging Windows NT workstations to the (back then) more modern Windows XP platform. FLP is very bare-bone and lacks tons of features.

[Marszala]

Omega eredeti hozzászólása:

I would use Linux instead. Samba is quite easy to set up for file sharing and it will be a lot more secure.

Any Windows OS can make shares. A server or workstation OS is not required for this.

I also wouldn't use a old power hungry machine as a server. A modern Raspberry Pi single board computer uses 100th of the power and gives well over 10x the performance.

Windows Server 2003 is made for managing a domain and hosting services, it will have tools build-in to do these tasks. Windows FLP is made to upgrade aging Windows NT workstations to the (back then) more modern Windows XP platform. FLP is very bare-bone and lacks tons of features.

1. Server is free
2. Cant upgrade storage on Pi, let alone looking hideous with anythng.

But thank you for thr OS help. I should’ve asked before I wiped my XP install >:p