Hi Hari, Looking in terms of financial, you can go for Windows 2008 standard OS rather than going on enterprise. It will save you lot and serve your purpose. And there would be no performance issue as well. Remaining specification looks good.
-- Sandeep Pandey Remedy Developer On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 5:22 AM, Joe D'Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > Looking at it in a financial perspective however, I would think it’s a > whole lot better to give that additional CPU and RAM as recommended, than > the installation to take twice or trice as long, especially if the resource > performing that installation costs around 100/hr or over. If that install > takes over 4 to 6 hours and all that the resource is doing at that time is > overseeing the installation, that’s about 600 bucks right there at the > minimum.**** > > ** ** > > And considering its POC, assuming that there might be possibilities of > wiping and reconfiguring and spending a few more hours on rebuilding a > slightly different configuration – do the math. Its way cheaper to double > up on the hardware upfront than to go skimpy on it.**** > > ** ** > > Sometimes it is easy to forget these hidden costs.**** > > ** ** > > I would stick with the configuration you started out with if that has > already been approved, instead of committing that lesser than 12 GB or 2 > core CPU’s might work just as fine.**** > > ** ** > > Just my two cents.**** > > ** ** > > Joe**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *laurent matheo > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 01, 2013 3:42 PM > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: Remedy 8.1.00 V Setup > **** > > ** ** > > Hi :) > > > So you just have ARS and CMDB? No ITSM, SRM, SLM? > I guess that on the same VM you'll also have a mid-tier and the database? > Will you install the web services Atrium Core and a Tomcat for it? > > > CPU: 4 core indeed, 2 would be the limit. > > Processing speed: I would say it doesn't matter that much. > If it's a poc the CPU processing speed isn't really a problem. I got a > laptop which is an octocore 2.30 Ghz but which is overall more powerfull / > faster that most of my customers dev / staging environment. > > RAM: seems a bit high if you have only ARS+CMDB+Integrator. > I made a 8.1 VM with 12 GB ram but with all the stack (ARS, CMDB, ITSM, > SRM, SLM, Integrator server, Openfire, tomcat for mid-tier, tomcat for > Atrium Core webservices, sql server) and right now after one day use I'm > using 9 GB with several Firefox and Chrome opened, developer studio and > Data Import Tool on the VM. > I guess in your case you could go to 10 if you don't install the Tomcat > for the Atrium Webservices. Or even 8 GB but I wouldn't be that comfortable > here. Right now with web browsers closed and dev studio / data import > closed I'm using 7.74 GB RAM (so with all stack and Tomcat for Atrium WS > using nearly 500 MB). > > HDD: > It seems a lot. I'm using 66 GB used right now but once again, I have all > the stack, online help, Analytics and BO XI 4, Dashboards and so on. > > > My advice is to limit the SQL Server memory setting at 4 GB. > I would go for Java 1.7 x64 and Tomcat 7 x64 (or use the Tomcat from > installer). > As for OS, are those the 2008 or 2008 R2 versions? I always work with R2 > and they work fine (with latest SP on both). > > Then more importantly it depends what you want to do with this POC VM. > Just a demo "here is what is the CMDB" or big reconciliations, a lot of > data, interfaces and so on? > > Anwyay, a POC is there to show off to customers most of the time. So if > you can take a cool hardware rig with 12 GB RAM, a very fast HDD (or SSD) > and 4 CPU, do it.**** > > > On 01 May, 2013,at 09:14 PM, Hari Vishwakarma <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > ** Hi, > > I am going to install Remedy 8.1.00 version for POC purpose. > Can anyone suggest what per-requisites should I consider before starting > the Remedy 8.1.00 version. > > Objective: To install Remedy 8.1.00 V > Components of 8.1.00 V inculdes: AR Server, CMDB( Atrium Core & > Integrator),No ITSM in consideration > Environment: Windows > > Currently the planning in mind as per BMC recommendations are: > > Hardware Pr-requisites: > > Server type: VM > > Server details: > > 1. Processor type : 4 core CPU processor > 2. Processing speed: >= 3 GHz( Can we consider less than this, if yes, > what were its pros & cons) > 3. RAM: 12 GB( Can we consider less than this as well, if yes, what were > its pros & cons) > 4. Hard disk space(HDD): 250 GB > > Software Pr-requisites: > > OS name: Windows 2008 Server Enterprise Edition(64-bit) > Database: SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition(64-bit) > JAVA : JAVA 1.6.X/JAVA 1.7.X( 64-bit) > Tomcat: 6.0.X (64-bit) > > Please guide me in selecting the best options available with suggestions & > let me know in case of any challenges involved. > > Also, please confirm if this ok to start the installation. > > > > > Best Regards, > > Hari shankar Vishwakarma > > E-mail:- [email protected]**** > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _ARSlist: > "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
