Jim, I think 2gb of ram should be sufficient in your new setup if you are happy with your current setup using 1gb of ram. Just make sure you buy 1gb+ modules so you don't fill up your motherboard and run out of expansion. You never know when you might need more ram and smaller mem modules although a little cheaper, will cost you more in the long run if you need to expand. Also purchase your mem modules from a retail/internet outlet instead of including it with the system (get minimum amount). The difference in price can be 4-10 times as much and buy quality memory, not the cheapest. There are a lot of variables when it comes to specing (is that a word?) out new hardware, but that's another topic in itself.
As for where to spend your budget I'll rate them in the following order, 1 being best. 1 = CPU cache 2 = CPU speed 3 = SCSI drives Thanks, - Buddy :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Buddy Langston - President eBiz Builders, LLC. 801 Deer Hollow Court Wake Forest, NC 27587 Phone: 919.556.0068 | Fax: 877.471.0356 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Web: http://www.ebizbuilders.com -----Original Message----- From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 1:16 PM To: CF-Server Subject: CF Server Specs I'm looking at purchasing some servers to run Win2k3/IIS6 and CFMX 6.1. Our current Win2k/IIS5/CF5 servers run comfortably in 1 MB of RAM. Should 2 MB of RAM on the new servers be sufficient for the new OS and CF version given the same web sites, applications and traffic levels? Given a fixed budget, where is it best to spend money in regard to disk system speed vs. CPU speed and CPU cache for a Win2k3/CFMX system? 10k vs. 15k SCSI drives, 2.4 GHz dual Xeons vs. 3.0 GHz Xeons, 512 KB CPU cache vs. 1 MB? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:10:5053 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/10 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:10 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.10 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
