Key Parameters

Standard Configuration

• 16 GB RAM

• 1-TB disk, RAID 10 – For Data

• 1-TB disk, no RAID – For Backups

Microsoft Components

• Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator

MES Components

• MES Archive database

System Platform Components

None.

Scalability

Typically only one server is needed.

If additional servers are needed, they would be configured to hold different "years" of data.

High Availability/Fault Tolerance

This server does NOT require High Availability (for more details, see High Availability/Fault Tolerance.

Key Measures

• CPU usage < 30%

• Memory stable with 1 GB free