Windows XP Professional as Server OS in Client/Server App

Windows XP Professional as Server OS in Client/Server App: Posted by pjg on March 2nd, 2006; I am in the process of switching an existing peer to peer network to a
dedicated server using dual processing power, Raid, and SCSI. Since I am more
of a hardware person, I don't know as much about server OS's. I do know WinXP
is limited to 10 clients, which is okay since this will not be an issue. Can
Windows XP Professional be used to setup and operate a dedicated server or
should I stick with a server OS like Win 2000?

thanks,
pjg; Posted by Robert L [MS-MVP] on March 2nd, 2006; Event XP allows 10 connections, it is better to have a windows server. XP as "server" is still peer to peer network.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
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"pjg" <pjg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EB6BBA15-A251-4DA6-8085-8042820D5583@microsoft.com...
I am in the process of switching an existing peer to peer network to a
dedicated server using dual processing power, Raid, and SCSI. Since I am more
of a hardware person, I don't know as much about server OS's. I do know WinXP
is limited to 10 clients, which is okay since this will not be an issue. Can
Windows XP Professional be used to setup and operate a dedicated server or
should I stick with a server OS like Win 2000?

thanks,
pjg

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