Windows XP Pro on a server - possible?
Hiya all,
I have a customer with a rather large house in SW London. Currently being re-developed. Said house is having all the mod-cons installed – sat TV, PABX-style phone system, CIA-style security system, private cinema etc etc.. We’re talking high-tech for a low-tech minded customer. But she’s got the $€£, so…
She’s proposing to have at least two computers initially connected to an internal network.
20 or so CAT 5 wall sockets connect to a patch panel which will feed into a 24-port switch connected to a broadband modem and a server. Due to restrictions of space (!) the latter is to be a 1U type server (probably from Dell as all other kit is from Dell).
Given that the server will set her back around 400-600GBP mark, (say for a P4 with 512M and reasonable disk space/ SATA etc) I don’t particularly wish to “dump” my customer with Windows XP server edition + complicate her life (and mine) by 1000% + 400GBP for it anyway.
Does anyone see any problem with Windows XP Pro being installed on the server if the only real use of it would be to share the broadband connection and the customer’s personal files (so she can access them wherever she is around the house) and manage an anti-virus program?
Cheers
Charles