First of all I'd like to thank everyone for all the input on my previous post about what server hardware. I guess I could have been a little more specific on some things. We would be using a separate DB and APP server because we already have an SQL server. It has 2 dual core 3.2 ghz processors, 16 GB ram, 6 hard drives (2 on raid 10 for the OS and 4 on raid 5 for the DB) that are 15,000 rpm SCSI drives. We were hoping to be able to just move the DB there because we're not using the main application we bought SQL for anymore. We do have Share Point running there, but that's about it. I see a general consensus to NOT use raid 5. Not what I was hoping to hear, but I asked for a reason. I did forget to ask about VM Ware. I won't put SQL in the virtual environment. Does anyone have any input for having the application installed in the virtual environment?