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Hardware spec requirements for 100 userload tests. -
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What are the hardware spec requirements for 100 userload test with no delay against a database. What type of hardware is needed?These tests will be using 100 user loads with 0 delay. User might also run the same tests using multiple VM Windows clients going against two databases. User might be also needing to expand BMF to allow 5000 users.What size of a server will be good to use under all these tests? -
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For 100 user load any modern Windows box will more than suffice – even with zero delay. For 5,000 user load (assuming non-zero delay now) – five VM’s recommended so can deploy one BMF agent per VM. Those VM’s would either be on separate hosts or one big host – where 'big' means sufficient CPU, memory and NIC’s. In fact, NIC bandwidth would be major factor for single box – so either 10 gigabit or dual/quad gigabit with bonding/teaming.Additional Notes:For non-zero delay: I7-4770 cpu (quad+hyper-threading), 16 GB ram min, dual gigabit NIC bonded. If zero-delay to approx. more users – then small server with dual quad/hexa core with hyper-threading.For maximum user load 4MB of memory is sufficient for all general tests.