Base Server Requirements for Small Operations

The following requirements are needed on the base combined file and database servers for small operations:

Table 1. Base File and Database Server Specifications
Minimum Specifications Recommended Specifications
Six (6) Processor Cores, Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 (Haswell) Family or newer, 1.7 GHz or greater base frequency Eight (8) Processor Cores, Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 (Haswell) Family or newer, 2.1 GHz or greater base frequency
8 GB RAM memory; <1 TB of disk usage for file shares 16 GB RAM memory; >1 TB of disk usage for file shares
Three (3) 300 GB 15K SAS hard disk drives, configured in RAID5 array* Four (4) 300 GB 15K SAS hard disk drives, configured in RAID5 array with hot spare*
SAS disk controller (RAID 0/1/5/10 compliant, 1 GB battery backed cache) SAS disk controller (RAID 0/1/5/10 compliant, 1 GB battery backed cache)
Monitor (17” LCD/LED or larger) Monitor (19” LCD/LED or larger)
1 Gbps Ethernet interface 1 Gbps Ethernet interface
MS SQL Server 2019 / Oracle 19c MS SQL Server 2019 / Oracle 19c
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Standard
Note: *Required storage is dependent on actual sizes of database files, logs, and backups. These specifications are intended as a baseline, initial configuration.