Agreed. With ~25 active users, and even a shared SQL instance, that server would be fine with 4-6GB RAM
* * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 7:11 AM, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > 2 CPUs should be more than enough, 16 GB of RAM is overkill. > John W. Cook > Systems Administrator > Partnership for Strong Families > > ------------------------------ > *From*: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > *To*: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > *Sent*: Wed Sep 14 06:01:49 2011 > *Subject*: Query re Virtual CPUs > > Hi all > > We are planning to deploy Sharepoint 2010 on a virtual machine running > under VMware ESXi 4.1 and we were going to allocate the following resouces > to it: > > 16 GB RAM > 2 vCPUs > > This Sharepoint 2010 installation will be running under Windows Server 2008 > R2 and will be catering for circa 10-25 users. It would also be hosting the > SQL Server 2008 Standard installation. Would 2 vCPUs be enough for running > Sharepoint 2010? > > Thanks > Pierre > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
