monolithic vs. Discrete Servers

[mediumsliced]

Hi,

I would like to seek some input from you guys about sizing Pro/INTRALINK 8.0+ hardware. I've heard that splitting the application and database tiers would greatly improve performance. I've implemented monolithic production installs and am less than impressed with the performance. Am thinking of going dual servers but would like to hear from other folks too.


Edited by: mediumsliced

 

[mediumsliced]

Nobody? I have already experienced the "lightning" that
is ilink80 on a single server setup. I'll try to
persuade some guys to try it out using a dual-server
setup, one dedicated to the database tier and another
for the applications.

 

[looslib]

Well, the problem may not be the single server, but the hardware that you are running it on. What is the single system's specs?


I would want at least 2 dual core processors and 8GB of memory in a single system for running Windchill and Oracle. I would prefer 4 dual cores and 16GB memory, which is what I have for my Windchill-only server here.


Stay away from quad-core machines! The system architecture has too high of an overhead to really buy you ant performance gains. Well, maybe if I had a 4 quad-core system with 32GB memory, but now that requires additional OS licenseing, Enterprise instead of normal Server 2003.