From: Mike Walsh on
P.S. I should have added that Search Server 2008 Express (MSSX) has its
own set of forums here

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com:80/Forums/en-US/category/searchserver

That's mentioned in the post I mentioned in my earlier reply but just in
case other people read this MSSX thread ....

Mike Walsh



Remy wrote:
> Excellent post! Exactly what I wanted. I have a few more q's and I
> should know that path I need to take.
>
> If I install WSS and use the internal db, can I scale that out to a
> farm?
>
> If I use SQL Standard(processor licensed) on one machine and install
> WSS on another, would I be able to scale out to a farm that way? I'm
> thinking so, but would like a confirmation.
>
> Also, what is the url to the other place? I'd much rather use that
> since you hit the nail on the head with your assumptions.
>
> TYVM,
> Matt
>
> Mike Walsh wrote:
>>> Typical for this forum....
>> I don't know what is typical for this forum but maybe you mean that it's
>> typical that you got no answer ...
>>
>> The major difference I can suggest is that MSSX comes with a database
>> system that has a 4GB limit. WSS 3.0 Basic Installation has a database
>> system that doesn't have a 4GB limit.
>>
>> So if you install WSS 3.0 first and then MSSX, only the Index/Search
>> database has a 4GB limit. Your initial databases (before MSSX
>> installation)have no limit and provided you are careful when creating
>> databases after MSSX installation (you need to override the default) you
>> can have limitless content databases after MSSX installation. You can't
>> however override the 4GB limit for the index/search db.
>>
>> [The reason there were no answers here could also be that many people
>> have moved to the (MS) forums. There's rarely a post there that doesn't
>> get a reply.]
>>
>> Mike Walsh
>> WSS FAQ http://www.wssfaq.com
>> Regrettably private e-mail questions will not be answered
>>
>> Remy wrote:
>>> On Oct 7, 5:53 pm, Remy <remym...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Why would you want to use WSS and miss out on all of the features that
>>>> Microsoft Search Server Express offers? I've been trying to figure
>>>> out what I'm missing by deploying MSSX compared to WSS and I can't see
>>>> anything... Am I missing something?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Matt
>>> Typical for this forum....