_Server Recommended Specifications

For a reliable and good user experience with Plant Focus we recommend the following as a hardware standard

1 Physical server.

2 virtual servers on the same physical server with a virtual 10GB network connection between them.

• If not on the same physical server, we recommend having a 10GB interface between them.

Server 1, Microsoft SQL Server:

• 4 virtual processors
• 16GB of Memory
• 120GB OS Drive
• 250GB Data Drive
• 125GB Logfile Drive
• SQL Server Standard 2017 or later
• Windows Server 2019 or later

Server 2, Web Server:

• 8 virtual processors
• 8GB of Memory
• 120GB OS Drive
• 100GB Data Drive
• Windows Server 2016 or later

We recommend the physical server be setup with

• Appropriately planned RAID
• Appropriately planned Hard Drives
  • SAS 15k, Solid State, Enterprise
• Xeon processors, minimum 3.0GHz
• Power Redundant environment
  • At the very least UPS protected environment.
    • With a UPS, the servers need to power off based upon power settings
• Dedicated A/C Environment or server room
• Secured physical access
• Minimum Daily Backups.
  
  • Hourly backups preferred