Hello,
We've just implemented V.8.03.407 a couple of months ago. As of now we have 35 full licenses and 10 MES licenses.
When it comes to your ERP server (regardless of the brand) you do not want to go cheap. Reason being that if your company suddenly grows your server might not support all the new users. Besides, the last thing you'll need is to doubt your server performance. That being said, here are my suggestions:
· Go with the 32-bit version of Enterprise server: You will be able to add far more than 8GB of memory.
· Go with the 32-bit version of the Enterprise server: If you want to use ODBC drivers for MS-SQL or some other database for reporting you will have less trouble finding those drivers. ( I know from experience)
· Go with the 32-bit version of the Enterprise server: Memory is cheap these days so there is no reason not to cover you behind.
As a comparison our server is running on:
· 4 quad core processors
· Windows server 32-bit enterprise version (Enterprise versions allow you to go over the 4GB limit of the 32bit bus because it uses PAE)
· 32GB of memory
· 4 different physical hard drive partitions in RAID 1
o OS
o Application
o Database
o File Attachments
Some might say it's an overkill. But we wanted a server that can support any kind of growth (User, MRP Processing, Transactions, etc..).
I hope that helps.
Sébastien .-
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Sent: February-24-10 2:52 PM
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Subject: [Vantage] 8.03 Server Considerations
We are still in testing phase for 8.03.408B, and we are considering upgrading our server, and one thing we are looking at is the memory. We are currently running 2003 server 32 bit Enterprise with 8 GB. We are looking at going to 12 or 16 GB of memory, which would require 64 bit 2003 server. However, I was just reading that 32 bit applications may run slower on 64 bit server 2003 because of the way that Microsoft emulates the 32 bit support. Since OpenEdge is 32 bit, could it possibly slow down if we upgrade to 2003 64 bit? Has anyone else had a chance to compare the two?
Also, we have 76 full clients and 17 data collection clients....do we really need more than 8 GB of memory?
Thanks in advance.
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