Re: Hardware Recommendations

Get a Blade Server :)
you can adjust CPU's, memory, and diskspace for each virtual server.. i have
a buddy that works on a very large system with those and LOVES them... if
not... a couple of entry level servers will do fine for most of that.. you
didnt really tell us the usage... so its hard to say what to buy.. i can run
SQL on my desktop machine and server up a handful or users no problem..

really we need to know where you are with usage and where you plan to be in
the next 3 years..

"Richard Perry" <RichardPerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:28F814EC-EDF6-41C5-A756-33F1C29333B9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I am preparing a plan to perform a Novell Netware to Windows 2003 Active
> Directory migration. We currently have about 27 servers of various
> hardware
> specifications.
>
> As I see it, the server roles in the future configuration will be as
> follows:
> 1. AD Domain Controllers and Services (DNS, DHCP)
> 2. File & Print
> 3. Exchange
> 4. SQL (2005?)
> 5. SMS
> 6. Applications
> 7. IIS
> 8. Apache (Blackboard Learning System)
> 9. Oracle database and application
>
> I am looking for a general recommendation for each role about the most
> important aspect of the server configuration. There is a SAN involved with
> about 1TB of disk space, and will be dedicated to mostly F&P, SQL, and
> IIS.
> Most servers will have at least 2 hard drives.
>
> My main concern here is based on each role, what component is most
> critical.
> SQL is very CPU and RAM intense, IIS is more RAM intense, etc.
>
> Can anyone offer insight as to what component(s) are most critical to a
> server involved in each role?


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