On this rare circumstance, I am going to disagree with ASB. While tech editing a book, I ran this exact scenario. With the SQL and SharePoint on the same virtual guest allocated 16G, I was not happy with performance and I was the only user.
I would suggest 32G. On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ~ 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
