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Migrating two legacy HP servers to one Dell PowerEdge T410
running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Introduction
Advances in server and software technologies enable small
businesses to reduce costs by consolidating multiple older servers
onto a single new server. The new Dell PowerEdge T410 and the
new features in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
Edition offer a clear win to businesses seeking to lower IT expenses
and increase performance.
Organizations with legacy servers, such as older HP ProLiant ML110
G5 systems, often find themselves running out of capacity and at a
decision point: Do they scale out and add more similar servers, or
do they scale up to a smaller number of more powerful servers? As
the results from our tests show, by scaling up to the more powerful
Dell PowerEdge T410, such organizations can accommodate more
users, get more computing power, and thus have the potential to
significantly reduce both systems-management costs and energy
consumption.
This Principled Technologies (PT) Guide explains the process for
consolidating an existing two-server installation onto a single Dell
PowerEdge T410 and upgrading Microsoft Windows Small Business
Server 2003 R2 Premium to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Standard Edition. We will explain how to migrate user accounts
(Active Directory®), email software, and a database application.
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