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Hello,
our MS partner suggested a server for Dynamix AX 2009 (for 35 users) with 4 processors. Is this an overkill or a necessity? Please let us know. Thanks
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Is that for application server (AOS), or database server (SQL Server)? Which CPUs (Xeon model/speed) are suggested, how much RAM? For just 35 users, even single Xeon CPU can be enough for application server, having 2 processors wouldn’t hurt, while 4 really sounds like an overkill . Multi-CPU makes more sense for SQL Server (especially if it will run other stuff, e.g. analysis and reporting services), but still this depends on how much Dynamics AX will be utilized and how much data you’ll have.
Microsoft’s system requirements for running the Dynamics AX can be found on the following link - you’ll see that Hardware section sets rather low requirements:
www.microsoft.com/.../ax-system-requirements.aspx
Many thanks for your reply.
This is a Production server only. AOS will be hosted on a separate server.
Database Server:
Dell PowerEdge R510 Rack Mountable Server with (2) E6540 2.66 GHz
Quad Core Processors. Internal components include:
• 32 GB Memory
• (10) x 146GB 15K RPM Hard Disc Drives with PERC H700 RAID
Controller card configured in multiple ARRAYS to support database needs
• Dual Gigabit Ethernet & Dual Power Supply
• 3-Year 24x7x4 hour Onsite Response Warranty
Thank you!
So it's not the AOS server, but the database server? I'm assuming clients will either be run on locally or on another server (via terminal services, citrix, etc.). Do you have any kind of distance between clients and the AOS? That will really affect performance, as even a small amount of latency between client and AOS can really bottleneck operations, from my experience. If all clients are local to the network the AOS and database servers are located, should be fine.
Now, as far as your database server is concerned, that's plenty of horsepower for 35 users. To give you a comparison, prior to upgrading our server to a virtualized machine with SAN storage, we had a database server with 8 cores (2 processors like yours), 14 GB Memory, and a 12 disk array. This server easily supported 150 to 175 concurrent users without breaking a sweat (<20% CPU usage, memory usage harder to gauge since SQL server tends to grab all it can and internal use of it is more difficult to monitor). Our current server (virtualized) has 6 processors and 10 GB Memory assigned to it, plus required storage on the SAN, and is running without any performance issues.
So your specced server does seem a bit of overkill to me, but you'll be extremely happy with it, I'd wager. Any task I throw at our database servers are chopped up and served with speed.
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