It's mind-boggling to me that that this setup would be slow. How many users do you have?
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Nick" <nick@...> wrote:
>
> We have the following configuration and i think its slow.
>
> App Server:
>
> (4) 6 core Intel processors
> (8) 75GB 15K RPM Hard Drives Running RAID 10
> Full redundant power supplies
> DRAC Enterprise
> 32GB Ram
> Server 2008 Std
> 10GBit Network Card
> (This comes standard with another 6 1GB NIC’s)
>
> SQL Server
>
> (4) 6 Core Intel Processors
> (16) 75GB 15K RPM Hard Drives, Multiple RAIDS. 4 total RAID systems
> DRAC Enterprise
> 64GB RAM
> Server 2008 Ent
> SQL Server 2008 NOT R2
> 10Gbit network card
> (Also comes standard with another 6 NIC’s)
>
> The servers are connected to eachother via the 10Gbit cards.
>
> Only thing I would change, is on the SQL Server, get 6 146GB Drives and 10
> 75GB Drives.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:17:16 -0500
> "Brian W. Spolarich" <bspolarich@...> wrote:
> I agree. I'd split the SAS drives into a OS partition
> C: and a data
> partition E: and put the Epicor app on E, including the
> shared
> Mfgsysdata folder. Then you can use volume snapshots and
> be able to
> have some easily recoverability, and even roll back from
> an upgrade
> using VSS.
>
> -bws
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Zac Jason Woodward
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 1:13 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] 9.05 Install
>
> In an ideal world where money wasn't an issue you would
> host each part
> of the program on its own set of drives.
>
> Without knowing how many users you are licensed for I
> cant give you a
> straight answer. I have about 30 concurrent users and
> also using
> Progress, not MSSQL. I would put it all on the D:\ in my
> environment.
> The only bottle neck you would run into is if your RAID
> card isnt
> designed to keep up with the SSD RAID.
>
> If you do choose to use the 15k SAS then yes you would
> want to create an
> additional partition on it. I would split it 50/50,
> that's purely
> personal reasons. It is always best practice to keep the
> C:\ dedicated
> to the OS. This way as you do windows udpates/patches you
> will not run
> out of space.
>
> That is my 2 cents, I am by no means an expert either so
> I would be
> interested in hearing other opinions as well.
>
> "Zac" Jason Woodward
> Network Administrator
> Intermountain Electronics, Inc.
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> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of bebright@...
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 11:02 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] 9.05 Install
>
>
>
> Epicor will be doing the install of 9.05 in a week. We
> have complete a
> questionaire for them. And I am seeking some
> recommendations from the
> group. Some background info on our server.
>
> Dual Intel Xeon Processors
> Windows 2003 Enterprise 64-bit
> 32 GB Ram
> 2 300GB 15K RPM SATA Drives (Raid 1 - C:\)
> 4 60 GB SSD Drives (Raid 10 - D:\)
>
> One of the questions is "What physical drive letter would
> you like the
> application to reside?" Epicor told me it is not
> recommeded to put the
> Application on the C:\ Drive, but they will do it. I
> figured keeping
> that off the drives that the database would be better for
> performance?
> Is that not true? Where would you install the
> application? Would it be
> best to create a new partition on the 15K drives for the
> application?
>
> I tried asking the person that will be doing our install,
> but answers
> were confusing and I'm still not sure what would be the
> best solution.
>
> Thanks for the help in advance...
>
>
>
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