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Hi,

I'm new to SQL Server and have two questions.

We use the "old" MSDE Engine to host our time management database.
Now we have to change the server due a hardware defect. The new machine is a Dual Xeon 3GHZ with 2GB RAM with windows 2000 server on it.
Is it allowed to use the express edition on this machine and are where any known problems for the client access?

I known many useless questions, but I didn't found any informations about these topics.

Thx for your help.

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Answer 1

Express will run just fine on this machine but it will not be capable of using all the processor and memory power.

The only thing to be careful of is that by default express does not accept incomign connections from other machines, you have to enable this as part of using the Surface Area Configuration Tool.