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From: Merv Porter on 29 Dec 2009 22:08
And the OP in the following post says he's running SBS 2008 on a DL380 G4:

Windows 2008 SBS - bare metal restore/disaster recovery
http://forums.techarena.in/small-business-server/1193571.htm

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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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"kj [SBS MVP]" <KevinJ.SBS(a)SPAMFREE.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:uGP9e6OiKHA.4200(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Cliff Galiher wrote:
>> It has been my personal experience that, if HP has not listed a
>> server as supported, that it usually means it has a piece of hardware
>> that they no longer use and/or have chosen not to make a 64-bit
>> driver for. So even if the processor is 64-bit, you may have
>> problems with the server because of other restrictions (RAID/NIC/etc).
>>
>> -Cliff
>
> Yep, HP like others frequently leave off official support for many
> reasons. But;
> http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64180&taskId=101&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=397634
>
> lists all sorts of drivers and documents for 2008 including SBS 2008. So,
> I'd not be too concerned.
>
>>
>>
>> "Steve_Phoenix" <Steve_Phoenix(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:C60BDE28-CE92-4229-8325-563D6A7E64CC(a)microsoft.com...
>>> We are currently running sbs 2003 on an HP Proliant DL380 g4 we want
>>> install
>>> a fresh copy of SBS 2008 onto the DL380 G4, but HP does not list the
>>> DL380 G4
>>> as a server platform that supports sbs 2008. (This is the PDF
>>> http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01479108/c01479108.pdf?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
>>> ) It only lists the DL380 G5. According to Microsoft, it appears the
>>> DL380
>>> G4 meets all the recommended requirements.
>>>
>>> We do not have a budget that will allow the purchase of a newer
>>> server. Will we be ok with the DL380 G4 or are we going to be
>>> missing some functionality or fail all together?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank You
>
> --
> /kj
>
From: Charlie Russel - MVP on 29 Dec 2009 23:34
The Xeons should do it. I knew the 380 had Xeons, but the EMT64 extensions
were added at some point and I wasn't sure where in the spectrum the G4's
were. Thanks for that confirmation.

RAM - there's no chance with even 4GB. It's officially possible, but
experience has shown it's unacceptable performance. 6GB is the realistic
minimum, 8 GB is obviously better. But don't try it with 4GB.

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Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel




"Steve_Phoenix" <StevePhoenix(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> It has 2 GB ram which we will upgrade to 4 or or possibly 8 depending on
> cost. it has (2) 3.2 dual core xeon processors
>
> HP specs say all DL380 G4 servers have:
>
> 64-bit Intel® Xeon™ processors up to 3.6 GHz
>
> 800MHz Front Side Bus
>
> Thanks
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>
>> If HP doesn't list it as supported on the DL380 G4, that isn't a good
>> sign.
>> BUT, that being said, if the DL380 G4 is fully x64 compatible, then I
>> don't
>> see any reason why it shouldn't work. The only real requirement is that
>> the
>> server support Windows Server 2008 x64, so if you can run 64-bit Windows
>> on
>> it, you should be OK. What are the CPU and RAM on the server?
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Steve_Phoenix" <Steve_Phoenix(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:C60BDE28-CE92-4229-8325-563D6A7E64CC(a)microsoft.com...
>> > We are currently running sbs 2003 on an HP Proliant DL380 g4 we want
>> > install
>> > a fresh copy of SBS 2008 onto the DL380 G4, but HP does not list the
>> > DL380
>> > G4
>> > as a server platform that supports sbs 2008. (This is the PDF
>> > http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01479108/c01479108.pdf?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
>> > ) It only lists the DL380 G5. According to Microsoft, it appears the
>> > DL380
>> > G4 meets all the recommended requirements.
>> >
>> > We do not have a budget that will allow the purchase of a newer server.
>> > Will we be ok with the DL380 G4 or are we going to be missing some
>> > functionality or fail all together?
>> >
>> >
>> > Thank You
>>
>> .
>>

From: Steve_Phoenix on 30 Dec 2009 00:00
Thank You all for your advise, We will move forward with the install on the
DL380 G4. I will post our results in the next few weeks.

"Merv Porter" wrote:

> And the OP in the following post says he's running SBS 2008 on a DL380 G4:
>
> Windows 2008 SBS - bare metal restore/disaster recovery
> http://forums.techarena.in/small-business-server/1193571.htm
>
> --
> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
> ============================
>
> "kj [SBS MVP]" <KevinJ.SBS(a)SPAMFREE.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uGP9e6OiKHA.4200(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Cliff Galiher wrote:
> >> It has been my personal experience that, if HP has not listed a
> >> server as supported, that it usually means it has a piece of hardware
> >> that they no longer use and/or have chosen not to make a 64-bit
> >> driver for. So even if the processor is 64-bit, you may have
> >> problems with the server because of other restrictions (RAID/NIC/etc).
> >>
> >> -Cliff
> >
> > Yep, HP like others frequently leave off official support for many
> > reasons. But;
> > http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64180&taskId=101&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=397634
> >
> > lists all sorts of drivers and documents for 2008 including SBS 2008. So,
> > I'd not be too concerned.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> "Steve_Phoenix" <Steve_Phoenix(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message news:C60BDE28-CE92-4229-8325-563D6A7E64CC(a)microsoft.com...
> >>> We are currently running sbs 2003 on an HP Proliant DL380 g4 we want
> >>> install
> >>> a fresh copy of SBS 2008 onto the DL380 G4, but HP does not list the
> >>> DL380 G4
> >>> as a server platform that supports sbs 2008. (This is the PDF
> >>> http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01479108/c01479108.pdf?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
> >>> ) It only lists the DL380 G5. According to Microsoft, it appears the
> >>> DL380
> >>> G4 meets all the recommended requirements.
> >>>
> >>> We do not have a budget that will allow the purchase of a newer
> >>> server. Will we be ok with the DL380 G4 or are we going to be
> >>> missing some functionality or fail all together?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thank You
> >
> > --
> > /kj
> >
> .
>
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