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    I am looking for some guidance on  how SBS 2011performs in a virtualized environment? If I had a dual hexcore Westmere with 32 gig of RAM would that be good enough to support an environment of 30 users doing straight file services, Exchange, printing - no server-based apps.  

    A link to theoretical performance specs if available would be appreciated but primary real world experience would be the most valuable.
    Tuesday, June 14, 2011 7:21 AM

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    I would be very comfortable with that, especially since you say there are not server-based apps ie SQL, LOB.

    When you say virtualized environment, I would image that you mean to have SBS2011 std as a VM, with perhaps one or more VMs?

    Regards, Boon Tee - PowerBiz Solutions, Australia - http://blog.powerbiz.net.au
    Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:18 AM
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    Sounds good to me also.  You should give the SBS 24 or more GB RAM.  Not really sure the second CPU is as important as a fast storage system, so if you drag this server down with 5400 RPM hard drives in RAID5 with only 3 drives in the array you will still get sucky performance.  But if you use RAID 1, or 0+1, or RAID5 with 5 or more spindles, and SAS 10K or 15K drives, the second CPU will idle most of the time.
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    Tuesday, June 14, 2011 2:34 PM

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    I would be very comfortable with that, especially since you say there are not server-based apps ie SQL, LOB.

    When you say virtualized environment, I would image that you mean to have SBS2011 std as a VM, with perhaps one or more VMs?

    Regards, Boon Tee - PowerBiz Solutions, Australia - http://blog.powerbiz.net.au
    Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:18 AM
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    Sounds good to me also.  You should give the SBS 24 or more GB RAM.  Not really sure the second CPU is as important as a fast storage system, so if you drag this server down with 5400 RPM hard drives in RAID5 with only 3 drives in the array you will still get sucky performance.  But if you use RAID 1, or 0+1, or RAID5 with 5 or more spindles, and SAS 10K or 15K drives, the second CPU will idle most of the time.
    Larry Struckmeyer

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    Tuesday, June 14, 2011 2:34 PM
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    Thanks for the feedback.
    Thursday, June 16, 2011 6:40 AM