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System Requirements

I am planning to rollout web hosting services for some of my custom software clients. I primarily work with (ASP).NET & SQL Server Solutions. Any recommendations on minimum system requirements for an ASP.NET + SQL Server environment?

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Hi ya, this is really a ‘how long is a piece of string’ kind of question… depends on for example:
– number of concurrent users
– size of the database(s)
– DR requirements
– availability requirements
– performance requirements
– size of the tables
– complexity of the SQL statements
– budget
etc, etc. I’d suggest developing on a Desktop or an existing server/set of servers and then try to extrapolate some of the above (or get answers from superiors on some others…) Cheers
Twan

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Like Twan says, this is hard to recommend without some idea of the load. But I can say that RAM is your most critical components, and since it is relatively cheap, get as much as you can afford. —————————–
Brad M. McGehee, MVP
Webmaster
SQL-Server-Performance.Com

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