Server Hardware Recommendations

Enterprise Management recommendations are based on requirements for acceptable performance under average conditions and based on the current version of software. The configurations use the following as guidelines for enterprise sizing, with polling or not polling data back to the Corporate server for up to 400 days:

• Small Systems: 1 to 100 sites.

• Medium Systems: 100 to 250 sites.

• Large Systems: 250 to 1000 sites.

The Enterprise Management server recommends the following server configurations:

Configuration	Small-to-Medium (Non-Polling)	Medium-to-Large (Non-Polling)
Processor Speed Dual processors are not used by EM software. Some performance gains can be seen with operating systems called to multi-task additional applications and resources.	3.2 GHz Pentium 4 Processor	3.2 GHz Pentium 4 Processor
RAM	2 GB	4 GB
HDD RAID 5 is a resilient hard-drive configuration that will protect a site in the event of a single hard drive failure. Any sites that require additional operational and data resiliency should consider using a RAID 5 configuration on an appropriate server. RAID configuration and features must be implemented through the hardware controller instead of the operating system.	2x 80-GB SATA (unless polling)	3x 80-GB RAID 5 (unless polling)
Network Card	10/100 Network Card	10/100/1000 Network Card
CD Drive	DVD\CDRW Combo
Floppy Drive	Optional
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 7 Pro, Enterprise, Ultimate Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2	Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Other Software	Microsoft IIS 7.0 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.0	Microsoft IIS 7.0 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.0