Production server Requirement

[karthi84]

Hi,
I am a software developer. Can you provide me the hardware requirement for a production server. My requirements are as follows

1. ASP.Net 2.0 Web application
2. Web Service
3. SQL 2005 of greater database
4. Expecting around 50000 hits a day

Looking for a better performance. Pls. Assist me in selecting a better server for my client.

Thanks & Regards
Karthi

[sicarie]

You're looking for 'better' performance - what is it running on now?

[karthi84]

Thanks for the reply.
Its running on Intel(R) Xeon 3.0GHz
with 1 GB Ram and running windows 2000 SP4
with 7GB free space in the primary partition.
@ this configuration when 10 people starts accessing the response time increases and my application throws time out message. This machine has a MSSQL 2000 database along with IIS running only 1 application.

Thanks & Regards
Karthikeyan S


@sicarie

[sicarie]

And have you baselined this current setup?

Baseline: as it is a Windows server, press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to pull up the Task Manager, and then capture the Performance and Networking tabs during one of these timeouts. Are either/both at 100%? You should then concentrate on expanding that area - RAM/processor for the Performance and NIC/cabling/switch/router for Networking.

[karthi84]

Hi

I have checked it and found that aspnet_wp.exe is using the maximum cpu. it reaches 100%. and the cpu time for this process is showing as 68:39:33 and counting. i am using asp.net 2.0. it uses a memory of 203,608(max) and 198,236(min) and it fluctuates between them. How can i solve this issue. any idea on my problem.

Thanks & Regards
Karthikeyan S



@sicarie

[sicarie]

Great, I'd recommend the focus of your upgrades be on RAM and CPU expansion.