We are planning on migrating to Windows 2003 and SQLServer2005 for our BAAN applications. We will have two servers, one for production BAAN and one that will have development, test, and failover. Will the following be sufficient?

8GB Memory
Single Processor Dual Core 1.8Ghz each
Windows Server 2003 x64

I was going to put 2 146GB drives in a Raid1 configuration.

i wouldn't go less than 3GHz. And why not a quad core?

We are a fairly small BAAN shop with maybe 25-30 users. So, we thought Dual Core 1.8hz would be sufficient.

Running Baan and the DB on the same box i think you're going to need more.

If not quad core at least go with the 3GHz.

Dave

Thank you very much.

I was going to put 2 146GB drives in a Raid1 configuration.

The sizing guide says to use at least 5 disks. This is not for space, but for speed (So 10 physical disks when using RAID 1). 25 users on 1 disk will definitely give you I/O problems. I agree that the CPU is sufficient especially if you want to run with this cheap I/O setup.

Will feel like working on a laptop while doing a full virus scan and disk defragmenter running ;). No it is not that bad, but you definitely get performance complaints. Wish you all the best.

Best regards,
Dick