axisbob2003
New Member
Hello all,
It is budget time and questions are arising about what to get in new server technologies.
Was wonder in the Windoze world what most are getting for new hardware. Let's setup some basics most of the databases deployed would be less than 10GB, most number of users would be 50, usually 2 terminal servers hooked in for remote/back office users (shop floor).
What I'm wondering is:
should you buy 2 dual core Xeon processors or 1 Xeon quad core? SCSI vs SAS vs SATA, and is RAID 5 still taboo?
We have been recommending many small drives but how small is small most now are 76 GB.
Also would like opinions on:
What type of Storage devices, most of the people purchasing these systems can't afford the 15K + price tag of SAN solutions, and NAS is out of the question since it's NOT a Block device.
If they are running Workgroup database will a second processor really help? (can't use spin).
How much memory is really needed, if they are running Windows 2003 Standard, they can only see 4GB, and Progress 9.1E and 10.1B 32Bit verison will only see 2GB shared memory right?
Thanks
It is budget time and questions are arising about what to get in new server technologies.
Was wonder in the Windoze world what most are getting for new hardware. Let's setup some basics most of the databases deployed would be less than 10GB, most number of users would be 50, usually 2 terminal servers hooked in for remote/back office users (shop floor).
What I'm wondering is:
should you buy 2 dual core Xeon processors or 1 Xeon quad core? SCSI vs SAS vs SATA, and is RAID 5 still taboo?
We have been recommending many small drives but how small is small most now are 76 GB.
Also would like opinions on:
What type of Storage devices, most of the people purchasing these systems can't afford the 15K + price tag of SAN solutions, and NAS is out of the question since it's NOT a Block device.
If they are running Workgroup database will a second processor really help? (can't use spin).
How much memory is really needed, if they are running Windows 2003 Standard, they can only see 4GB, and Progress 9.1E and 10.1B 32Bit verison will only see 2GB shared memory right?
Thanks