Optimal Server Machine for Hardcore Software Development

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Hi Guyz,

I am looking for a bit cheap server class machine for hardcore software development like Two VMs (Windows 2008 Enterprise) on which one is dedicated for Sharepoint Server, SQL Server, Oracle and other one is for VS 2012 (multiple instances offcourse) and lots of other stuff.

I am looking for following hardware
* 1 x Quad Core Intel chipset @2.5 Ghz (like HP xw6600 e5420)
* 12 MB L2 Cache
* 8 GB DDR 3 Ram
* 250 GB Hard Disk

What do you guyz think? is it under weight? or over kill or what do you recommend

Thanks
Asif

Posted 6-Mar-14 8:00am

_Asif_

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Mar-14 14:22pm

Off topic, actually. These days, any reasonably new and not too slow PC is good enough. "Optimal" cannot be well defined. It depends.
—SA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2014-03-06T08:24:00

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This is off-topic, but if you are a software developer, you should think more strictly and avoid making statements which are stronger than they can be, like in this case. This is something you should better pay attention for.

No one probably can know what exactly is average (it is impossible to collect representative statistics on what people really use), and the concept of "optimal" simply make no sense, because criteria are contradictory. Weight factors for criteria cannot be determined due to lack of information. For example, if you had unlimited funds, "optimal" may mean the most powerful PC which can be obtained at this time. If time is critical, "optimal" may be one of the available boxed models in nearest store. It all depends.

It's important to understand that in modern world performance of a particular system become less and less important, unless you solve very special problems. The configurations you listed are just reasonable enough, no more. But then can easily be made a bit cheaper, without compromising present-day needs. It all depends.

—SA

Posted 6-Mar-14 8:24am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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_Asif_ 6-Mar-14 16:34pm

i think you love making things over complicated, as an expert you should pay more attention to question more strictly and avoid making statements which are stronger than they can be like in your solution. This is something you should better pay attention for. :)

As an expert you should know that i didnt ask for average, i stated my very explicit requirements (2 VMs, Sharepoint, SQL Server, VS, windows 2008 enterprise) hence no posibility of imppossibility for collecting statistics as OP didn't ask for average and the concept of optimal do make sense as per following inequality.
Hardware = System Cost + Time + Specific Hardware Requirements
System Cost <= cheap (Means no unlimited funds rather very limited fund)
Time <= indefinite (Not mentioned any where in the requirements means indefinite)

As per above inequality there is no contradictory criteria and there is no lack of information as all variables have been specifically defined.

my question is straight forward, have given sufficient information and should have a simple answer might be like yes its a good configuration for your set of requirements or no you should add 1 more processor, add 8 GB more may be something like this but what i get is a philosophical and statistical kind of lecture which gives a sense of void :)

This is not off-topic, this is very important issue for a software developer when it comes to buying systems cheaply. Do i have a forum at codeproject where one can ask such questions?

My Two Cents and No hard feelings, just a bit of disappointment, that's it.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Mar-14 19:58pm

Sorry, this is gibberish. I explained everything properly and you are just doing anti-intellectial rants. If you cannot see contradictory criteria here, I don't know what yo able to see, so, sorry.
No hard feeling, of course, but you just need to understand that no one will be able to choose better compromise than you, because you better know your priorities. If you want to collect other opinions, I can predict what you could see: advice of other people will add additional contradiction: many opinion will contradict each other.

By the way, I forget to give you one more practical advice: if your important priorities is good investment, pat attention not for performance, but for most modern connectivity options. You won't feel lack of performance for a long time, your bottlenecks could be obsolete ports: serial, network, monitor, something line that; and obsolete Wi-fi. Make sure you got the best you can in this respect.

—SA