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Hardware requirements

  • A minimum of two Dual-Core Dual 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, complete the following steps:
    1. Ensure that the latest drivers are installed.
    2. Disable the TCP Chimney feature, as described in the following 
      Microsoft
       article: 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
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  • For Standalone server set up, limit SQL RAM usage to 80-85% of the total system RAM.
  • For Combo 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.