Re: [Emerald] Database Load Problem?

Dale E. Reed Jr. ( (no email) )
Tue, 05 Oct 1999 14:41:33 -0700

> Ken wrote:
>
> I have SQL Server 6.5 and Radius NT running on a PII 266 with 128Meg
> Ram....
> Is there any reason why this would be inadequate for an ISP with 5000
> users?

As long as you don't have anything else running on the machine, that
would be fine. I'd like to see 256mb of RAM (with about 160 of it
allocated to SQL), though.

> Is there a way to set up a server that will automatically update from
> the main server as soon as any changes to the database occur?

You can look at replication, but I wouldn't use replication with
6.5. You also need a lot more horsepower and memory to run replicaton.

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Dale E. Reed Jr.      Emerald and RadiusNT__________________________________________IEA Software, Inc.    www.iea-software.com

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