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Server Hardware specs? |
Fri, Jun 18 2010 2:32 AM | Permanent Link |
Bronson Alex | Hi all,
I am a newbie for C/S application, but I have been developing non-C/S application using DBISAM. And now I'm about to develop my first C/S project for my office. Could someone tell me what is the important aspect in choosing hardware specifications for PC server? Is it the processor, RAM, or harddisk? What is the recommended specifications? What is recommended OS on server side? There will be 3-5 concurrent users (under XP). Database: 1 main table (10,000 rec) and 2 secondary tables (50,000 rec each), all tables have relationship to each other. Thx in advance, Bronson |
Fri, Jun 18 2010 11:39 AM | Permanent Link |
Raul Team Elevate | Bronson,
I'm sure there will be better advice but for 3-5 user C/S setup almost any hardware should run just fine (possibly even a desktop system you have laying around). You will know your application DB usage pattern better but a recent CPU (few years old), 3-4GB of ram and reasonable drive (7200 rpm one) should be fine for what you described. In your case even Win XP as OS should handle this OK (as you'll be likely doing single digit number of TCP sessions to the server). With the (C/S) server the goal is usually 24x7 operation so I would recommend going for system/components that are known to be stable (whether you buy it or make your own) and try to eliminate single points of failure: - UPS for power - 2 drives in RAID 1 (preferrably in hardware) so single driver failure does not take your server down More is usually better (i5/i7 cpu, 10K SATA or even 15K SAS drives, more ram) but you are unlikely to use any of that power with 3-5 users and DB you have (i.e. most of the components will be idle most of the time). Raul |
Fri, Jun 18 2010 2:19 PM | Permanent Link |
Tim Young [Elevate Software] Elevate Software, Inc. timyoung@elevatesoft.com | Alex,
<< Could someone tell me what is the important aspect in choosing hardware specifications for PC server? >> What Raul said. Any desktop machine should work fine for such a task, but make sure that you have a UPS and that you schedule a DBISAM backup to run every night. You can find out more on that here: http://www.elevatesoft.com/forums?action=view&category=dbisam&id=dbisam_cs&page=1&msg=7425#7425 -- Tim Young Elevate Software www.elevatesoft.com |
Mon, Jun 21 2010 1:24 AM | Permanent Link |
Bronson Alex | Raul and Tim,
Thx for your inputs. I will do as you told. Regards, Bronson |
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