RE: RE: Server specs?

Michael wrote: > Uhmm, 64K is plenty of bandwidth! Boy you people are getting spoiled! > What we are talking about seems to be nightly downloads, minimal file > transactions during the day with end users doing data entry etc .. > which requires minimal bandwidth. we are talking 64K leased lines, > which means no other traffic. Even 64K in to a private cloud is > plenty. In fact we are talking about live database-access during the day. This means all users must have direct access to the RDBMS at all times with minimal latency on the lines. Things like management information will be taken from mirrored databases that will reside on the application-servers. I have talked with Informix and didn't think 64k would be enough. Even 512k would be bottom-line. To complete the case: the 64k lines are not only being used for the datbase-traffic. They also carry NT-replication data en Microsoft Exchange mail. > If this is a pilot project, remember you can always grow a bigger pipe > if needed. (Fract T1s may be a possibility.)[E1s in your case.] True, and we are considering that. At the moment two out of twelve sites have 512k leased lines. We can start by implementing BaanIV on one of those site. If we use a 64k-site as reference, this should giva a good indication of the "problem". Thanks, > >Nils van der Laan >email: nilsl@simac.nl > >Simac ERP Solutions bv >Pastoriestraat 157 >5612 EK Eindhoven >Tel: 040-2968600 >Fax: 040-2968699