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Hardware component Recommended
CPU
One of the following:
•64-bit dual processor, quad-core, 2.0 GHz or higher
•64-bit 4-way processor, dual-core, 2.0 GHz or higher
Memory
32 GB recommended for Back End Server (with or without collocated Archiving and Monitoring databases), 16 GB recommended for Archiving and Monitoring database (not collocated with the Back End Server).
Disk
Local storage with at least 72 GB free disk space on a 10,000 RPM disk drive
Network
1 network adapter required (2 recommended), each 1 Gbps or higher
all from here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398835(v=ocs.14).aspx
Now..if you lok at 3000users VS. 80000 these requirements seem a bit to high but....considering you want specs for VM as well I believe the 32GB of RAM exceeds the 16GB RAM that VMware can properly handle so...
I would stick with (at least) 8CPU and 32GB RAM on physical for the SQL backend server and you can have the Archiving and Monitoring database on a VM with 8CPU and 16GB RAM.