I'm planning to run Store Ops and HQ on one machine. My server is a P4
2.8GHz with 1GB RAM and mirrored 70GB drives (60GB free). The non-RMS workload is minimal--no printer sharing and very little file server traffic. It doesn't handle DHCP and we don't use AD.The Store Ops demands are also fairly light. An extemely heavy day would be
50 transactions. The HQ server will have to manage data from four stores, all similarly sized. My inventory DB contains about 2,500 SKUs, most of which overlap at all stores. I anticipate an HQ inventory DB of 6-7000 SKUs, though I can imagine a day when that number might approach 10K.My customer DB is small, since we only imported customers with current balances. Eventually, it wouldn't be a stretch to have close to 10K customers per location. I believe that we want to use global customers everywhere, so the HQ customer DB could be fairly large.
Do I have enough CPU/RAM/Storage in my existing server? Going to a dual CPU would likely mean a new box. My system will support faster CPUs (how fast? I'm not sure. 3.2Ghz+, I think). I can go up to 4GB RAM if necessary, 3GB without discarding the 2x512MB DIMMs I already have installed. I do have room for additional hard drives if necessary, though I suspect that disk space is the least of my concerns.
Recommendations?
Tom