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Tommy B.
Asked: 2011-05-17 05:03:00 +0800 CST

Windows 2003 vs 2008 server. Any major drawbacks?

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I'm currently running Windows Server 2008 on my 1024mb VPS. Everything is fine but the memory tends to stay high a little.

  1. I want to run a web and mail server. So here are my questions :

  2. Is there any major drawbacks like missing technologies? Will I be able to run Web Deploy, ASP.NET MVC 3, iis7, etc ?

  3. Will there be a noticeable difference in speed and memory?

  4. Is it as easy to configure as 2008?

  5. Non-related question : I'm looking for a good free mail server, any suggestions? (pop, imap, smtp, webmail)

windows-server-2008 windows-server-2003 vps

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  1. Best Answer

    Yes, there's a big difference. Win2k8 has IIS 7.x Win2k3 has IIS 6. End of story. You can't upgrade IIS independent of the OS.

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