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NPM 10.6 hardware requirement

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 D:\  (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  ?