Comparison of Standard and Enterprise Editions for ISA Server 2006
Internet Acceleration and Security (ISA) Server 2006 builds on the previous version of ISA Server as well as Microsoft Windows Server technology to provide a robust, effective, and easy-to-use firewall. Two versions of ISA Server 2006 are available: Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition.
The following table compares and contrasts the features of the two editions.
| Feature | Standard Edition | Enterprise Edition |
| Scalability | ||
Networks | Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Scale up | Up to 4 CPUs, 2-gigabyte (GB) RAM | Unlimited (per operating system) |
Scale out | Single server | Up to 32 nodes through Network Load Balancing (NLB) |
Caching | Single server store | Unlimited (through Cache Array Routing Protocol [CARP]) |
| Availability | ||
Windows Network Load Balancing (NLB) support | Not supported | Yes (integrated) |
| Manageability | ||
Policies | Local | Array and enterprise policies use Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) |
Branch office | Through the manual import and export of policy | Enterprise-level and array-level policies |
Monitoring/alerting |
Single-server monitoring console |
Multiserver monitoring console |
Multiple networks | Templates | Templates |
