| Purpose: | Discuss Windows Server 2008 current and future support |
| Product(s): | TTC v8.0x Windows Server 2008 |
Background
 | Windows Server 2008 is unsupported (May 2010) Due to hardware incompatibility between our appliance hardware and Windows Server 2008 we have been forced to stop development on TTC for Server 2008. Our ongoing development efforts are focused on delivering the next generation of TTC now known as the Lightspeed Suite. |
-Windows Server 2008 is unsupported.-
-There are several issues to resolve in order to support TTC on Microsoft Windows Server 2008. The two most significant are 64 bit support and IIS. The current release of Server 2008 is a 64 bit only OS. We are currently evaluating our TTC drivers to see the feasibility to have a 64 bit version. The second and probably harder issue to overcome is that along with Server 2008 Microsoft has made significant changes to their web server IIS. Because we rely heavily on IIS for the management and reporting functions we need to do significant testing with this new version. Unfortunately we are unable to test this version until after we have a 64 bit driver for TTC.-
-All of this is further complicated by the fact that supporting TTC on Windows Server 2008 does not add a significant performance to TTC. In order to support the demands of todays networks we are focusing our development efforts on our Rocket platform that does have the performance capabilities necessary to support today's and future demands.-
-We recognize that Microsoft will be ending support for Server 2003 in June of 2011 and we will either have everything migrated to the Rocket or have Server 2008 support prior to that.-
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Comments (9)
May 23, 2011
Rich Fielding says:
"We recognize that Microsoft will be ending support for Server 2003 in June of 2..."We recognize that Microsoft will be ending support for Server 2003 in June of 2011 and we will either have everything migrated to the Rocket or have Server 2008 support prior to that."
June of 2011 is one week away...is support of 2008 as well? Incidentally, Microsoft stopped Mainstream Support of 2003 in July of 2010: http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?alpha=Windows+Server+2003+R2
May 25, 2011
Jeff Wilbert says:
Please see above updates.Please see above updates.
May 26, 2011
Jared Hainline says:
For those who chose to purchase Extended support from MS, they have until 7/14/1...For those who chose to purchase Extended support from MS, they have until 7/14/15.
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy
Personally, I am looking forward to this next generation of TTC my self. Windows was great and all, but it just isn't able to do the job anymore. Lightspeed needs a unix based product with all of the bells nad whistles that TTC for windows gave us, including joining to Windows domains.
May 26, 2011
John Genter says:
Hi Jared, Thanks for the post and the useful link. Look for the Lightspeed Su...Hi Jared,
Thanks for the post and the useful link. Look for the Lightspeed Suite to arrive in November. A faster, easier to use, Unix based appliance with lots of bells and whistles.
May 26, 2011
Rich Fielding says:
Is the current Rocket a linux/unix based appliance or is it Windows?Is the current Rocket a linux/unix based appliance or is it Windows?
May 26, 2011
John Genter says:
Hi Rich, You can get the rocket on both a Unix or Windows flavor. The majority ...Hi Rich,
You can get the rocket on both a Unix or Windows flavor. The majority of rockets shipped have been Unix and most often are referred to as a WAM rocket. Both the Unix and Windows rockets were designed to run the Lightspeed Suite.
May 26, 2011
Nathan Pilgrim says:
Does this mean once the Lightspeed Suite comes out in November the only way to r...Does this mean once the Lightspeed Suite comes out in November the only way to run it will be on a Lightspeed Rocket appliance? There won't be any support for Windows 2008R2 servers?
May 27, 2011
Jared Hainline says:
In my experience, the windows os has a throughput limitation. If you have acrtq...In my experience, the windows os has a throughput limitation. If you have acrtqin amount of traffic flowing through your box, you will start to hit that limitation and if you monitor your interface objects, you will see the buffers fill up and your internet speed will come to a crawl at best. This is especially true if you have a faster link than a T3 as your internet connection. I got a pretty beefy bod for my ttc box and you can adjust the buffer size of the interface objects. I have doubled mine and I still run into issues. Support has not recommended that I adjusts the buffer size again because its never been tested beyond to what I have it set to now. My only recourse is to get an appliance that can handle more throughput, which means a unix based box.
as long as the unix box has all the features that windows does and can join a windows domain like the windows one does, I am not sure there is a need to support windows an y more. Perhaps they still will for smaller customers.
May 31, 2011
Jeff Wilbert says:
Nathan – That is correct, from the Lightspeed Suite release and forward, a...Nathan – That is correct, from the Lightspeed Suite release and forward, all releases will require a Lightspeed Rocket appliance.