Re: Which server should I choose ?

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:24:01 -0400

Note that SBS has a 75 user limit, max. It may not be for you, depending on
how many users are connecting. Also, it isn't clear from your post whether
you need Exchange, ISA, etc etc etc - sounds more like you need help with
the hardware specs for your SQL box. I'd post in a general Windows server
newsgroup if this is the case.

ORi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've built an application that involves some mobile users with PDAs
> synchronizing with a sqlserver. The application is finished and before
> I put it on production, I have to decide the server specification in
> which it should run in order to run properly and don't have any
> performance problem. This is the specification of the application:
>
> About 150 PDA users
> 10-12 simultaneous synchronizations
> SqlCe databases about 10mb
> Tracking tables are very big because there are constant updates to the
> database from a web, so synchronization processes involve quite a lot
> of data to transfer, also the retention time is set to quite short (4
> days) so there are usually expired publicators
>
> Actually I've a development server with the following specifications:
> DELL dual XEON
> 8.2 Gb RAM
> 4 HDD
> 2 raid HDDs for SO
> 2 mirror HDDs for DB
>
> Obviously everything goes right in development since we have a few
> users. I'd like to know which server could be appropiate for this
> application, I don't want to have performance problems when this goes
> to production.
>
> Please note that I'm a software developer and I'm not very good in
> systems or servers. Sorry if I did any mistake in my explanation
>
> Any help will be appreciated, thx in advance,
> ori

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