September 28, 2006 at 8:18 am
get a 64bit dual core server with at least 16gb of ram. Memory will offset most disk subsystem performance problems. make sure at least that o/s+ binaries, tran logs, data and backups exist on seperate drive arrays ( four arrays minimum ) Try to avoid raid 5 , a raid 1 pair will perform as well as a four disk raid 5 for writes so if your system does more writes than reads don't use raid 5. You must know how your current system works ? judge the cpu from there but probably a dual dual core would be good. The good news is 64bit std edition has no memory limits so will reduce licensing costs.
I never look at hardware prices, I spec servers for a need, others make the decision vs costs etc.,
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