I am plannig buy a filemaker server 14, to update from our filemaker server 11, but i need change my server too

Now i have an ancient ibm x226 Xeon 3,4Gh, with 4 gb ram, and a raid-5 SCSI, now it is going a bit slow, but it does its job

Now i have filemaker server 11, with 10 filemaker users, ,but i am  thinking about change some ot this filemaler clients to filemaker web direct clients

The filemaker files that I  have are very big, they have between 30 mb the fewer ones , and 400 mb the greater ones.

And with filemaker server 14 planned connect filemaker server via odbc to a sql server express database.

So, what may be the hardware that i need? 

is it better use and ssd raid or a scsi raid?

will it be enough with a Xeon® E3-1200 v3,?

how much ram it will be  necessary?

The bugdet for hardware is limited to  1500-2000 € , and it should include the microsoft server license.

 

https://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-server/server-14-specifications.html

Just the operating system alone will set you back a minimum of 882 USD.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/windows-server-2012-r2/Purchasing.aspx

I would follow the recommendations on the FM link for server hardware configuration (4 core, 8 gb ram or more).

Some of the XEON E3-1200 v3 processors only have 2 cores.

http://ark.intel.com/products/series/75143/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1200-v3-Product-Family#@Server

Your going to have to redesign for webdirect as performance may be disappointing even on a great server machine.

Kris

 

Edited July 14, 201510 yr by Kris M

Thanks, so you think that the i must increase the bugdet 

 

How much ram will be neccesary?

And SSD or SAS RAID?