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    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd572401(office.13).aspx
    Describes the *minimal* hardware requirement is 8 cores and 8 GB memory.

    Is this for real?
    OCS 2007 wanted 2 GB and a single dual core for a minimum.

    I am looking at an IM only deployment for 200-300 users limited to our internal network.
    I am having trouble imagining how resourse intensive the product could be in this scenareo.

    Anyone have any real-world experience to share.

    Honestly, I think we would go with a IM appliance if we had to wpend that kind of money on HW
    Thursday, March 26, 2009 8:40 PM

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    For that level of usage a single proc dual or quad core should be suffcient, but I may want to go up to 4GB; 2GB of RAM in a server class system is a pretty small amount these days.  Depends on whether you will be running Server 2003 or 2008 on the host as well.
    Jeff Schertz, PointBridge | MVP | MCITP: Enterprise Messaging | MCTS: OCS
    Friday, March 27, 2009 3:01 PM
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    For that level of usage a single proc dual or quad core should be suffcient, but I may want to go up to 4GB; 2GB of RAM in a server class system is a pretty small amount these days.  Depends on whether you will be running Server 2003 or 2008 on the host as well.
    Jeff Schertz, PointBridge | MVP | MCITP: Enterprise Messaging | MCTS: OCS
    Friday, March 27, 2009 3:01 PM
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    Jeff,
    Thanks.  That is what I supposed.
    Would Server 2008 require more or less resources?
    We were inclined to go 2008 on general principles, but it actually might delay the process because our CALs for the entire organization are not budgeted until Fall.
    If the resource consumption is more efficient under 2008 I would push to expedite the CAL purchase,  conversly, 2003 R2 is less demanding, I would probably opt to take that route.
    Friday, March 27, 2009 3:54 PM
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    David,

    I have not done a direct comparision but if history tells us anything then the newer version of the software is probably more resource hungry than the previous.  In your case I'd do the deployment on 2003 Servers if the licensing is going to hold things up for a while.  You'll get full product functionality on either Server platform.
    Jeff Schertz, PointBridge | MVP | MCITP: Enterprise Messaging | MCTS: OCS
    Monday, March 30, 2009 11:45 AM
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    Thanks again Jeff,
    All this is as we would have supposed, but it is good to have some external input.
    Monday, March 30, 2009 1:22 PM