Windows server 2003 is having many features and these features are also based on the different editions which are available in the market. Windows Hosting is having three different editions and all these editions are having different features and options. Following are the editions and some of the features which are available with the edition.
1) Windows 2003 Server Web Hosting Edition :
a. Includes IIS 6.0 / ASP.NET and Microsoft .NET Framework
b. Supports two-way symmetric multi-processing
c. Support upto 2GB RAM
d. Cheapest Operating system
2) Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition :
a. Advanced Networking – Internet Authentication Service, Internet Connection Sharing
b. Four-way symmetric Multi-processing
c. Support upto 4GB RAM
3) Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition :
a. Utilized for Server Clusters
b. Quorum – Independant Storage Solutions
c. Volume Shadow Copy Service and Restoration
d. Eight-way Symmetric Multi-processing
e. Support for 1000GB or 1TB RAM ( Hot-Add )
f. Internet Protocol Security
g. Internet Authentication Service
h. Windows System Resource Manager
i. Auto-deployment
j. Virtual Solutions
You will find all these Windows 2003 server editions with almost all the web hosting providers.
