Hi,
Current situation:
Server 1 (Intel C2D E8400, 6Gb RAM), Windows 2008 Server 64x with CRM 4.0 Workgroup Edition deployed.
Server 2 (Intel C2Quad Q9550, 8Gb RAM), Windows 2008 Server 32x with SQL Server 2008 standard edition.
Everything is running well for a few months until server 2 crashed with data loss due to a hardware problem. I did a restore and everything was up and running again.
I start monitoring server 2 and it seems it has stability issues. The supplier can't find out why so they blame my customer the software is faulty and vica versa.
They won't buy a third server because of budget limitations.
My suggestions:
install Virtual Server on server 1 and install a VS with the same environment as in server 2. Then move the databases to the new VS environment and change CRM config settings. Can server 1 handle this load? Because they use CRM 4 WG Edition, they're limited to five simultanious users.
same solution as above, but keep server 2 as their production environment but let SQL 2008 mirror its databases to the virtual environment on server 1.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Frank