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Remote Desktop server hardware specs
Hi,
I'm putting a specification together for a new remote desktop server for a client with 6 users. They will be running normal office applications, as well as 2 quite large access databases.
Is there a guide to what specs I should be getting? I'm mainly concerned about how to calculate how much ram is needed and what cpu to get, but any other advice is appreciated.
At the moment I've decided on the following:
Windows Server 2016 Standard
3 x 8GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM modules
RAID 5 with 3 x 1TB 7.2K RPM SATA 6Gbps 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drives
Either a Xeon E3-1270 v5 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/8T, turbo (80W) or a Xeon E5-2620 v4 2.1GHz 20M Cache 8.0GT/s QPI Turbo HT 8C/16T (85W)
Thanks in advance!
I'm putting a specification together for a new remote desktop server for a client with 6 users. They will be running normal office applications, as well as 2 quite large access databases.
Is there a guide to what specs I should be getting? I'm mainly concerned about how to calculate how much ram is needed and what cpu to get, but any other advice is appreciated.
At the moment I've decided on the following:
Windows Server 2016 Standard
3 x 8GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM modules
RAID 5 with 3 x 1TB 7.2K RPM SATA 6Gbps 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drives
Either a Xeon E3-1270 v5 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/8T, turbo (80W) or a Xeon E5-2620 v4 2.1GHz 20M Cache 8.0GT/s QPI Turbo HT 8C/16T (85W)
Thanks in advance!
i guess that server supports up to 64GB of ram
so you can start with 16 and based on performance you can add more dimms if $ is concern...
so you can start with 16 and based on performance you can add more dimms if $ is concern...
way more than 48GB. There are 18 dimm slots and I know they take 8GB DIMMS, maybe 16GB. At only £10 for a 4GB DIMM, just put lots in
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Thanks guys. As I wrote in my question, my main concern is to how to calculate how much CPU power & Ram is needed for a remote desktop server?
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Thanks Johnnyboyhuddersfield - that was really helpful!!
Regards,
Leo
Regards,
Leo
Personally for only 6 users, I'd go on ebay, get a used HP DL380 G6, grab a couple of X5670 CPUs and 12x 4GB DDR3 ECC DIMMS + 8 146GB 2.5" SAS 15k hard drives.
Shop around and you can get this for peanuts, cheap enough to have spare parts to quell the paranoia that some people get using refurb kit