5.1 Hardware and Software Considerations and Requirements

To simplify the sizing overview, we discuss the IBM Netfinity hardware that currently supports J.D. Edwards’ OneWorld software.

The basic hardware topics covered in this chapter are:

CPU requirements

Memory requirements

Hard disk requirements

Networking requirements

In addition, we discuss other options and functionality you should consider for the overall stability, availability and reliability of your customer’s business. These items are:

RAID support and IBM ServeRAID Adapters

Fault tolerance

Backup and recovery process

Maintenance and service

Performance

Physical configuration of the overall system

These topics are discussed in detail in 5.2, “Hardware Considerations” .

5.2 Hardware Considerations

This section takes a close look at hardware items you should consider when selecting a server for reliability and performance. The implementation should be based on sound business needs versus cost/performance.

5.2.1 CPU

Within the bounds of Intel technology today, there are no realistic fault tolerance capabilities available for CPUs. All IBM Netfinity Servers support at least two processors with the higher end models supporting four processors. If a processor should fail, then there is currently no way to avoid rebooting the system, which means down time to the users. However, to reduce the down time, IBM Netfinity servers with more than one processor will automatically upon a failure and reboot, reconfigure the system with the faulty processor disabled.

5.2.2 Memory

All memory in the IBM Netfinity Server range is Error Checking and Correcting (ECC). Using the latest technology available in the marketplace, memory such as ECC EDO DIMM and ECC SDRAM provide speed, reliability and flexibility in critical environments that demand very high standards.

As the need for speed and reliability of systems increases, the reliability and flexibility of memory becomes of paramount importance.

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