64-bit Server 2008 for a Windows Printer server

[Jim Helfer]

I am buying a new machine to be our printer server, and we are
considering whether to go with 32- or 64-bit 2008.

The server will most likely be a HP Proliant DL 360. It will host
about a dozen printers, including plotters.

We have some people doing big production print jobs that take a lot of
time, so I would really like to increase printing performance.

Is there any advantage to going to 64 bit for this role? If so, would
adding memory over 4 gig help at all?

thanks
Jim

 

[Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: 64-bit Server 2008 for a Windows Printer server

Honestly, there's no way I'd build a non-64bit server today. For one thing,
this is the very last version of Windows Server that will be available in
32-bit. So your upgrade path will be wipe and reload. And while the 360 will
certainly support either 32-bit or 64-bit if you need to add >4GB of RAM,
you're out of luck in 32-bit (assuming your running Standard Edition). But
with 64-bit, just plug in some more FB-DIMMs and you're in business.

--
Charlie.
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http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Jim Helfer" <jhelfer@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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>
> I am buying a new machine to be our printer server, and we are
> considering whether to go with 32- or 64-bit 2008.
>
> The server will most likely be a HP Proliant DL 360. It will host about a
> dozen printers, including plotters.
>
> We have some people doing big production print jobs that take a lot of
> time, so I would really like to increase printing performance.
>
> Is there any advantage to going to 64 bit for this role? If so, would
> adding memory over 4 gig help at all?
>
> thanks
> Jim

 

[Jim Helfer]

Re: 64-bit Server 2008 for a Windows Printer server

Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
> Honestly, there's no way I'd build a non-64bit server today. For one
> thing, this is the very last version of Windows Server that will be
> available in 32-bit. So your upgrade path will be wipe and reload. And
> while the 360 will certainly support either 32-bit or 64-bit if you need
> to add >4GB of RAM, you're out of luck in 32-bit (assuming your running
> Standard Edition). But with 64-bit, just plug in some more FB-DIMMs and
> you're in business.
>

Thanks, that was sort of what I was thinking too.

 

[Thomas Scheidegger]

Re: 64-bit Server 2008 for a Windows Printer server

> considering whether to go with 32- or 64-bit 2008.
> ... about a dozen printers, including plotters.


just make sure to have
working 64-Bit drivers for all your printers/plotters!
(Windows VistaSP1/2008 compatible)



--
Thomas Scheidegger - 'NETMaster'
http://dnetmaster.net/

 

[Juergen Kluth]

Re: 64-bit Server 2008 for a Windows Printer server

Hi,
if the TIME you mentioned is based on the amount of data that has to be
transferred from PC to printer/plotter
i more would suggest to get the most used device by a pc "as close as" to
that PC, if not connected to directly.
it might be more the use of network bandwith than the OS or processor of the
printerserver
jk