Server Requirements for Dynamics GP 2010

For all of you out there who are curious about the needs for the latest version of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 here is the post that will help you decipher the requirements chart from Microsoft. In the requirements table they break everything down by what they term customer profiles. This is the attempt at best fitting the needs for GP based on what your organizations plans are for the software.

There are a few new customer profiles for 2010 that will help place  you into a comfortable server spec for running Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 successfully in your organization. They are shown below as profiles 1-4, and this will allow you to easily see the specs that are suggested based on your concurrent number of GP users and expected system transaction volumes.

Customer profile 1

This profile is a great fit if you have 0-5 concurrent users and process fewer than 250 sales transactions per day.

• 32/64 bit processor, 1 – dual core or 2 single core processors
• Any version of SQL above SQL 2005 can be used, including express edition
• Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008 with SP2
• 2 GB of memory

 Customer profile 2

This profile option is great if you have 0-20 concurrent users and process fewer than 1,000 transactions per day, import small amounts of data and use FRx, Crystal Reports or GP Report Writer.

• 32/64 bit processor, 1 – dual core or 2 single core processors, you should make sure that the processors can be upgraded
• Any version of SQL above SQL 2005 can be used, including express edition
• Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008 with SP2
• 2 GB or more of memory
• Raid 1 for OS/ and Raid 5 for SQL Database storage

 Customer profile 3

This profile will be the option if you have 20-60 concurrent users and process 1,000-4,000 transactions per day, have data importing such as through eConnect, Integration Manager or other reporting or happen to be using terminal services with GP.

•  32/64 bit processor, 1 – dual core or 2 single core processors, you should make sure that the processors can be upgraded as well
• Any version of SQL above SQL 2005 can be used, including express edition
• Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008 with SP2
• 4 GB or more of memory
• Raid 1 for OS, and Raid 5 (minimum 4 disks) for SQL Database storage

 Customer profile 4

This profile will be the option if you have 60-100 concurrent users and process 4,000 + transactions per day.

•  32/64 bit processor, 2 – dual core or 4 single core processors, you should make sure that the processors can be upgraded as well
• Any version of SQL above SQL 2005 can be used, including express edition
• Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008 with SP2
• 8 GB or more of memory
• RAID 0+1 for data files (eight-disk minimum)

As a matter of practice you should also understand that these are rated as the minimum requirements from Microsoft. More memory never hurts so adding a little more is always better. Another note for the listed Microsoft SQL requirements is that if you plan on using the SQL Server 2008 Express Edition or the SQL Server 2005 Express Edition it can be installed on a non-server operating system. However, it is recommended by Microsoft that you install it on a server operating system.

-By Nicolas Cole - MBS Solution Specialist - Saratoga Technologies your Tennessee Microsoft Dynamics GP partner