I have heard "late 2003" -- in fact, if Microsoft holds true to form, we can expect all the *.2003 products to be released on December 10 2003 or so... :)

In my experience, sales people who are short on a product often blame it on "a new release is due soon." My advice is: shop around, you'll find it, and once you're ready to upgrade to the new version, you can do so. I ave not heard anything that makes me think that the new release will nclude dramatically different hardware recommendations. The minimum requirements may change, but trust me, you don't want the minimum. Remember that the whole idea of client-server is (or at least *was*) to minimize client PC costs by loading execution -- and hardware costs -- onto one, or few machines. The SQL Server box is NOT where you want to cut costs.







>Sorry, my bad.
>A colleage of mine is checking prices for everything, he told me this when it's actually Windows Server 2003 wiil be released next month or so. The sales rep told him to hold off for that.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jun
>
>>What is soon? I have not heard of a release date for Yukon.
>>
>>-Mike
>>
>>>Great! Thanks.
>>>
>>>Now that I just been told SQL Server 2003 (Yukon?) is coming out soon, should I wait to buy that?
>>>
>>>Jun
>>>
>>>>You can start with:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.sql-server-performance.com/rc_hardware_planning.asp
>>>>http://www.sql-server-performance.com/sql_server_performance_audit3.asp
>>>>http://www.sql-server-performance.com/developers_tuning_tutorial.asp
>>>>
>>>>This might be of interest:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.dell.com/us/en/esg/topics/power_ps4q01se-xiong.htm
>>>>
>>>>You might also check with your hardware vendor to see if they have a recommended configuration.
>>>>
>>>>Now, from experience, more is better.
>>>>
>>>>-Mike
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>We are going to purchase SQL Server 2000 with one CPU license.
>>>>>I need some advice on what the server box should be, we are going to purchase a new one.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks in advance!
>>>>>
>>>>>Jun