ASP.NET Web Server Hardware Configuration

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Published on 2010-02-12T14:08:24Z Indexed on 2010/03/18 8:01 UTC
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I'm planning on deploying my ASP.NET Web app in the production environment using a Windows Server 2003 machine. But I know nothing about the CPU brand names and what's best.

I know 4 GB RAM, with anything over 3 GHz clock speed will be a good bet and will serve a large number of users.

But tell me what's the latest and greatest processor brand-names for running a Windows Server 2003 OS today?

And what edition of the Windows 2003 Server do I need out of the following, if I have to run a website to support about 100,000 (a hundred thousand) users, 60% of who are expected to be online at all times?

  • Web Edition
  • Standard
  • Enterprise
  • Datacenter

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2003

The article says that the Web edition can only support up to 2 GB of RAM. Will that be sufficient for the above user population?

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