Probably there are many ways to decide on how to purchase server hardware, but a simple approach is (yet another) triangle of parameters: Performance Availability Cost The nice picture the two presenters give: you will allow more cost on an important business-critical server to assure performance and availability, as compared to hosting a website with cat pictures. First you should investigate the minimum and optimal requirements for the application you want to run on the server. Also, you would try to anticipate current and future usage/users on the system. Try to anticipate ahead for 3-5 years. You don't want to just plan for the immediate now, but for the foreseeable future. Furthermore keep in mind that some amount of processor time, memory, storage and network will be already eaten up by Windows itself. Also take a good look at mandatory Windows Server services that are required by your application or service and add them to the list of the required hardware. The...
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