the main specs on the two new servers that just came in:

Dell R710

128GB Memory (16*8GB) 800 MHz dual Ranked RDIMMs for 2 processors, optimized

2 - Xeon E5630 2.53 Ghz, 12M...

No, Log files.

Someone asked how big the transactions are, and the closest thing I could think of was the...

matt stockham (4/27/2010)

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Whilst I agree with Robert's comment about thread consumption being the reason for the limit recommendation, it's ultimately all about resources and whether you have enough. In...

It is 2005 64bit Standard Edition.

Since we use log shipping I can tell you the last 72 hours of logs - 2.53 GB (2,720,354,304 bytes) 133 Databases

A client that might...

one application - we build software for political campaigns. Each database is a political client.

Robert Davis (4/26/2010)

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How many logical processors? Is SQL Server Enterprise Edition or Standard Edition?

You do understand that the recommendation to limit the number of mirrored databases is due to thread...

Total of 2 servers (now) one main and one mirror. Right now we have 130 databases. Everything we read tells my...

My boss has decided on a mirror. We have found an ISP to co-locate in that has two data centers with a LAN between them that is fiber and...

Very Little - 2-3 minutes up to last 20 transaction per client.

matt stockham...

I agree about hiring an expert. But I don't know who we could trust to give us correct information on the options.

Any suggestions in our area? USA Minnesota -...

Robert Davis (4/10/2010)

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That's why most people use SAN's that have redundancy, large caches, considerable battery power, and well-thought out RAID arrays that provide redundancy and performance. That's not to say...

The concern on cluster is we have the one device (the external Hard Drive Unit) as a fail point. It seems to be just a fancy piece of hardware...

Maybe 10-20 percent are not used hourly, the...

Cost!!

This...

Thanks.

Could you expand on your reasons.