Re: Recommended System Requirements
- From: "Jeff Pitsch" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:44:02 -0500
What I like to do to show people who won't take my word for it is to show
them nice colorful pictures. Start running perfmon on the some basic
counters when the server is highest utilized and then graph those stats out
and show how close you are to running the server into the ground. See this
article here for perfmon counters to track.:
http://www.brianmadden.com/content/content.asp?ID=228
Jeff Pitsch
http://www.sbcgatekeeper.com
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"Bill W." <Bill W. @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7773249C-4623-4566-9807-7A5B0E9C2323@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I am trying to find proof for my boss that we need to upgrade our current
> Windows 2003 Server running Terminal Services. We are a small company
> with
> approximately 15 workers. We are a software development company that has
> two
> applications one for Tool & Equipment Rental Companies and the other for
> home
> oil & energy companies.
>
> Current Server Specifications:
> Dell 2140
> Celeron 2.4Ghz
> 512 MB Ram
> 60 Gig Hard Drive (EIDE)
> Integrated Video Card
> Integrated Network Card
>
> Applications that we will be running on our Terminal Server:
> Microsoft Office
> ACT 2006
> Our support & accounting program which is the product that we develop when
> running on a local pc or through a mapped network drive takes more then
> 75%
> of the CPU usage. Our Rental application which is also installed on our
> Terminal Server when running on a local pc or through a mapped network
> drive
> will also take up a similar amount (75%) usage. And possibly adding other
> applications in the future so we would need a scalable server with room to
> grow.
>
> Another thing to add to the mix is a budget that is really tight. I have
> recommeneded to my boss that we would need a Pentium 4 because the Celeron
> is
> not cutting it. He is under the impression if we update the Hard Drive on
> our current Celeron Box we will notice increased performance. I have
> explained countless times the CPU Pipe is only so large increasing RAM and
> Hard Drive would pose minimal gains if any. If anyone with experience
> could
> give me the Recommended recommendations for our current setup. The
> information that I pieced from Microsoft recommends a dual processor
> capable
> CPU, dedicated video card, dedicated network card and SCSI Hard Drives.
> For
> memory they recommend a minimum of 128mb of RAM and 21mb of RAM for each
> power user because most of our users will be running more then three
> applications at one time. Your recommendations and suggestions would be
> greatly appreciated.
.
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