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Windows Server 2008 R2
2012
2016
What are we auctioning for?
LOL
Honestly, 2012 R2, unless I can't use it due to Hardware/Software non-support. Why? If I'm setting up something using Windows Server, it's probably going to be running for a while, and 2012 R2 has the longest support lifetime, being the newest. Plus, the UI isn't that bad on a Server, and it works quite nicely.
1 (one) Windows 2008 R2 license.
I don't think someone will offer 2020
RDP seems to work better in 2012..
I still prefer 2008 R2 interface, but 2012 R2 has brought back the start menu!
Have had quite a few BSODs on 2012 R2 (was a test server we had running).
2012 R2.
I've been running a heavy MSSQL server on it with 97+ days uptime now. Rock solid.
If you're having BSOD's you might have a bigger problem. Perhaps a piece of your hardware does not play well with 2012.
I'll admit the UI is pretty lame, but with R2 it's slightly better. Try right clicking the start menu button, you'll see some very nice shortcuts that make it a lot better than R1.
2008 R2 its better. 2012 takes a lot of memory.
It could be. It's a test system - on KVM. The host node is smartos
It'd be useful if you shed some more light on why it's better. There are many improvements to the core of windows server in 2012 and MANY big improvements to hyper-v in 2012 r2.
Perhaps it's the drivers. I am running R2 in KVM with virtio drivers smooth as butter. I recall running R1 in smartos too, it'd be real sad if they broke smartos compatibility somehow.
I think the real issue with 2012 for everyone is the UI. That's about the only reason to want to stick to 2008 besides supporting some old application that doesn't support 2012.
I normally install 2012 in a KVM guest in proxmox.. never had a BSOD, even when I install it on pure ramdisk never had a BSOD..
Was 2012 R2.
Could be or the particular smartos build. We're waiting to see. Testing new platform for KVM
4 months ago i would have said windows 2008 R2 100% but ever since discovering the data deduplication feature in Server 2012. i am sold on 2012
2012
And why are you using the gui with 2012? Install it without, remove unneeded but still installed services and you have a windows leb.
Or RDS as it is named now.
It should, thats one of the things Microsoft worked on improving.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2012/05/09/windows-server-2012-remote-desktop-services-rds.aspx
I did not notice that.. thanks. yeah I noticed streaming is smoother on RDS vs RDP but 2008 is definitely lighter on resources..
You gotta give MS at least 2-3 years before using their Server OS's. I broke that rule with 2008 R2 because I couldn't do what I wanted with 2003 and 2008 and it caused me all sorts of grief. Seems pretty stable now though.
If not for anything else it's better to wait that long so the amount of troubleshooting info on the internet builds up. It sucks when you have a problem and cannot find solutions by googling.
windows 2012 r2
linux
I would say, it depends. if you are anly interested in running, say a webserver that doesn't need a GUI then 2012 R2 is much better because of the option to remove GUI and improved remote management.
win 2008 R1 & win 2008 R2 and 2012 are all good. what about 2012 R2?
I don't know why sometimes I find R1 has less problem than R2 when I run a certain software which eats CPU usage a bit. 2012 is good too. guess what, Chinese market prefer Win2003 xD
thats true.. wonder how much overhead you save for not installing the gui in 2012..
I dont usually use windows for a webserver, more like connecting to ipmi for my other servers cause my home dsl upload is slow.
On a customers server it came down to 300 mb on a clean install.
Then some services and its now running at around 500 mb.
Windows 2008 r2, easy to use, no need lot of RAM/HDD like Windows 2012.
have lowendguide for that?
When installing from iso select the core option.
When loggednin, start powershell and execute "uninstall-windowsfeature server-gui-mgmt-infra -restart"
After reboot you will be on your way. Now shutdown and/or uninstall features you don't need.
Or just use Linux. Seriously why would someone pay for a WinBloz license only to use it without the GUI? That is pretty much the ONLY reason people so inclined prefer WinBloz over Linux. The GUI. Second reason is probably the wizards. I'm guessing a lot of those won't work without the GUI either.