The specification of server required is
entirely dependant on the number of users that will be running of it, as
well as the software they will be using. We can give example
specifications of servers and their capacity, but testing should always
be carried out on any system so that it can be signed off as capable of
running at the desired capacity.
| Software |
Users |
|
Server
Specification |
|
|
|
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Office 2000
Symantec Act 2000
Internet Explorer |
10 |
|
Dual Processors 1GHz
(minimum)
512MB System Memory
4 x 15GB Hard Drives (7,200 rpm) RAID 1 |
| Software |
Users |
|
Minimum
Server Specification |
|
|
|
|
Office 2000
Symantec Act 2000
Internet Explorer |
30 |
|
Dual Processors 1.4GHz
(minimum)
1.5GB System Memory
5+ 18GB Hard Drives (10,000 rpm)
RAID 1 (System Disks), RAID 5 (User Data) |
| Software |
Users |
|
Minimum
Server Specification |
|
|
|
|
Office 2000
Symantec Act 2000
Internet Explorer |
100 |
|
Quad Processors 1.4GHz
(minimum)
4GB System Memory
10+ 18GB Hard Drives (10,000 rpm)
RAID 1 (System Disks), RAID 10 (User Data) |
Recommendations
Processor capacity depends entirely on the usage the system is going to
get i.e. different departments use software in different ways which
impact on the system in different ways. It is recommended that the
server(s) are easily upgradeable to more or faster processors to account
for any miscalculation in processor capacity.
Memory capacity needs to be at least 32MB per user plus 256 - 512MB
depending on the version of Windows 2000 server used.
The hard drive subsystem of a terminal server is very important because
all of the users data is stored here. It is recommended to have the OS
and users files on different drives. RAID is a must in this scenario,
with RAID levels 1 (System Disks) and 5 (User Data Disks) recommended
for both performance and reliability. Disk capacity needs to be at least
1GB per user + 4GB for the system (including swap file for memory).
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