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is it standard that Use a dedicated server for WSUS?

Answered is it standard that Use a dedicated server for WSUS?

  • Thursday, October 04, 2012 12:52 PM
     
     
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    Hi' everyone

    usually I recommend to the customers running  WSUS on a dedicate server because:

      • when you have single server and running multiple service on this for example: APP server,AD server,WSUS and ...  increasing LAN traffic for this single server
      • there is no tolerant in this example I mean  (if any problem occur for this server WSUS  couldn't continue it's job and all server going away and network is down  ) 

    one customer ask me a document from microsoft that say it is true.

    anybody could help me?

    first of all I need to prove this with sufficient documents from microsoft, secondly do you know more reason for this issue??

    THX

     

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  • Saturday, October 06, 2012 1:00 AM
     
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    Hi,

    I would not expect to see any MS documentation which states that a dedicated server is a requirement.
    Consider that SBS is "everything on one box" !
    SBS is a very carefully crafted "single-box" solution, it offers many MS product technologies, all hosted together, including WSUS, AD, etc.

    application/service compatibility requires careful implementation/deployment planning and design, to avoid conflict.
    co-hosting tends to introduce ongoing complexity, requiring deep understanding of the multiple products and inter-dependence.
    it can be done, but it requires lots of time, lots of competence, etc.

    Don
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