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Requirements

Server Hardware and Software requirements:

    Web server (Dell servers are recommended)
    • Dual Xeon 3.0Ghz CPU
    • 2Gb RAM
    • Hot Swap Mirrored SCSI (or Mirrored SATA II) Hard drives (Min 32Gb)
    • 2 NICs (on board or add-ons)
    • Windows 2003 R2 Standard server X86 (with IIS6 and .Net 2.0)

    DC (data center)
    • Dual Xeon 3.0Ghz CPU
    • 2Gb RAM
    • Hot Swap Mirrored SCSI (or Mirrored SATA II) Hard drives (Min 32Gb)
    • 2 NICs (on board or add-ons)
    • Windows 2003 R2 Standard server X86 (with .Net 2.0)

    SQL
    • Dual Xeon 3.0Ghz CPU
    • 2Gb RAM
    • Hot Swap Mirrored SCSI (or Mirrored SATA II) Hard drives (Min 72Gb)
    • 2 NICs (on board or add-ons)
    • Windows 2003 R2 Standard server X86 (with .Net 2.0)

* Basic installation requires only 2 entry-level servers.

Network topology:

Network topology must enable server-to-server direct communication (local network) and NLB between WEB1 and WEB2 for Web load balancing and redundancy.

Partitioning:
Web
Drive LetterMinimum sizeDescription
C:10GbOperating system and swap files
D:20GbWeb Server
E:5GbLog files


DC
Drive LetterMinimum sizeDescription
C:10GbOperating system and swap files
D:20GbApplication files
E:5GbLog files


SQL
Drive LetterMinimum sizeDescription
C:10GbOperating system and swap files
D:20GbSQL data
E:40GbSQL backup and Log files