Hardware requirements
- A minimum of Dual-Core Dual CPUs (2 Dual-Core CPUs, such as Xeon 51xx family,Xeon E53xx family, or X53xx family) 2 GHz or higher
- One database server core for each two application server cores
- Minimum of 512 MB per application server core plus 2 GB RAM for Windows Server
- Recommended: Dual, redundant Intel NICs and power supplies
- If using Broadcom NICs, perform the following steps:
- Ensure that the latest drivers are installed.
- Disable the TCP Chimney feature, as described in the followingMicrosoftarticle: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951037.
- Disk space for storage on a RAID 5, RAID 0+1 or RAID 10 configured disk system. The exact allocation of the disks depends on the hardware configuration.
Notes:
- For a standalone server set up, limit SQL RAM usage to 80-85% of the total system RAM.
- For combination server set up, limit SQL RAM usage to 60% of the total system RAM.
- The installation procedure requires at least 20 GB free for data.