Hi
i need hardware requirement for NPM 10.6 server
one server will be of NPM 10.6 and other server is of SQL 2012
need perfect hardware specification to hold NPM (Network Elements = 7500 ) and SQL server for smooth running.
You cannot get perfect hardware specifications as they are generally independent among different environments. There's not really a one-size-fits-all approach, it's more of a general guideline one-size-fits-most scenario.
However, generally speaking this would be a good starting point for you.
Primary Polling Engine (Physical or Virtual)
Quad Core 3.0Ghz or higher (2 of these preferred)
64GB RAM
40GB C:\ (OS)
120+ GB \ (Apps)
This might be overkill a bit, but I prefer to spend a little extra up front versus having to do a hardware refresh in a year. Just my opinion.
SQL (You can ignore all of the NTA warnings in this doc as it is now a separate DB)
http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/Orion/docs/OriondbBestPractices.pdf
I'm sure others will chime in with their recommendations as well. My experience is that, if you have a fixed budget, spend your money on your SQL hardware and spindles as those are generally the source of a bottleneck.
Also, 7,500 elements is doable, but doesn't leave a lot of room for growth in the future. Just know that you might need an additional polling engine down the line.
i read on pdf that 32bit only support 4 GB ram .. whats this ?
if i use 12 GB RAM on 32bit operating system which will run SQL 2012 server is this enough for SQL server to have 12 GB RAM ?
a 32-bit operating system can only support 4GB of RAM; 2^32 = 4GB, even if you stick 12GB of memory in the server the OS will only use 4 of it.
Note, unless the application has been built specially, a 32-bit app running on any windows operating system can only use 2GB of virtual memeory (at which point it crashes)
All of the SWO processes are 32-bit applications not specially built.
so will i use window server 2008 64 bits than i will get all 12GB RAM used by server ?
