In this blog I hope to provide some information to assist you with the required hardware to setup a typical installation of SharePoint Office Server 2007.
My recommendation is to have two servers to deploy a server farm, one server computer acting as a Web server and a second server acting as a database server.
Front-End Web Server
The Front-End Web Server is where SharePoint 2007 is going to be installed and will be responsible for running the following services: Index, Query Server and Web Front End.
Hardware Requirements
• Dual-processor computer with processor clock speeds of 2.5-gigahertz (GHz) and a minimum of 4 gigabytes (GB) of RAM
Software Requirements
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Standard, Enterprise, DataCenter, or Web Edition) with Service Pack 1 (SP1) 64bit release
• Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0
• Microsoft .Net Framework 3.0
• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) in IIS 6.0 worker process isolation mode.
• Microsoft SharePoint Office Server 2007
Database Server
The database server will be running Microsoft SQL Server 2008 which will be configured to have 2 disks isolated for the tasks of accessing ‘Data Files’ and ‘Log Files’.
Hardware Requirements
• Dual-processor computer with processor clock speeds of 2.5-gigahertz (GHz) and a minimum of 16 gigabytes (GB) of RAM
• 3-disk Raid 5 – SAS 15k
Software Requirements
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Standard, Enterprise, DataCenter, or Web Edition) with Service Pack 1 (SP1) 64bit release
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (Standard, Enterprise)
So this is an overall hardware configuration which I would recommend for you to deploy SharePoint onto. SharePoint is quick intensive on disk access so ensure that you have a raid-5 disk configuration so prevent any bottlenecks occurring. It is critical to ensure that the database server has separate disks for storing data and log files.
I recommend that you download Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner 2007 is an analysis solution for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Server 3.0 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 as it allows infrastructure planning and optimisation. You can configure a prototype hardware specific to your needs and allows you to access performance analysis and predictive reporting. This will report performance trends and bottlenecks, and allow you to isolate these issues so you can determine exact hardware requirements specific to your needs.
Since Windows 2003 Server includes Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0) it is most likely you have already come into contact with SharePoint before.
If you would like support with installing or deploying a release of SharePoint into your existing infrastructure, Click IT Solutions is a Sydney based software consultancy firm specialising in SharePoint. Give us a call on (02) 9029 5194 if you would like to speak with a consultant who can provide some advice. Alternatively Click IT Solutions also offers SharePoint hosting and custom development of SharePoint through web-parts, business workflow and InfoPath development.
You can contact us via email at info@clickitsolutions.com.au. We look forward to speaking with you.
Tags: SharePoint Farm, SharePoint Office Server 2007, WSS 3.0