What should be the minimum & optimum system configuration for a simple web server for Asp.net site ?

Question

Hi, I want to set up a web server for Asp.net site with ajax for my 12 clients and the database engine is Sql Server express 2005 .. There will be approx 30 concurrent connection with the sever ...

My system config is ..

OS - XP SP2

ram - 2 gb

processor - dual core

maximum database size - 3gb

6 table in one database - each table contains up to 3lacs - 4 lac records .

So if I'm building a live data entry site for my clients, then is my system configuration is optimum ?

Plz mention in detail what to be upgraded if optimization is required ...

Thanks in advanced !

Answer 1

Hello,

You should consider getting Dedicated Windows Server - http://www.hostingaspnet.net/Top_ASP_NET...

In this case you will not worry about connection, UPS, support etc..

Regards

Answer 2

you probably want to get windows server. there is a lower cost web server-only version. The IIS server of xp is only suitable for development, not deployment. dual core and 2 GB memory are fine. ideally you want to disk drives - one for OS, one for data and database

Keep in mind that you must have enough bandwidth - up stream and downstream - for people to have a good experience.

Answer 3

As said before, you will need to make sure your system can handle the bandwidth requests. Also, you should look into getting a RAID array and for your hard drives and running it in a mode that supports will keep a real time mirror of your main hard drive(s). If one drive fails, you have a mirror image of that hard drive still available to keep your system up as much as possible.

A UPS may also be useful if you are going to have people frequently adding and changing data in the databases. This will give you a chance to properly shut things down if needed during a power-outage, instead of losing all recently or partially changed data.