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Book X
Chapter 1
Understanding
Project Server
Planning the Implementation of Project Server
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Microsoft recommends that you install Project Server on a computer with a
minimum Pentium III processor that runs at 700 MHz and has 1GB of RAM, a
DVD-ROM drive, a Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution monitor, and
a Microsoft Mouse–compatible pointing device.
To install Project Server, you need 200MB of available hard drive space. To
install WSS, you need another 70MB of hard drive space and a minimum of
256MB of RAM, but 512MB of RAM is recommended.
To install SQL Server 2000, you need 250MB of hard drive space and 128MB
of RAM. If you also intend to install SQL Analysis Services, you need another
130MB of hard drive space and another 128MB of RAM.
You might want to plan to upgrade your network infrastructure. The amount
of traffic that you can expect on your network is directly related to the
total number of users, the number of concurrent users updating the Project
Server databases, and the number and size of projects that you store in the
Project Server database. Using older network architecture (10Base-T) in a
heavily trafficked environment will undoubtedly result in complaints that the
system is slow.
Considering software and hardware configurations
The overall performance of Project Server is affected by the features of
Project Server that you want to use, the total number of users and concur-
rent users, and the number of projects that you want to store in the Project
Server databases.
As you read earlier in this chapter, you’re loading a lot of software to use
Project Server. But, because Project Server 2007 depends on Windows
SharePoint Services 3.0, you have some choices about how you configure
the hardware on which you will load the software, and your choices will
affect the performance of Project Server. You can use a single server or a
server farm.
If you use a single server, you load all the software that Project Server needs
to run onto that one server. But, if you choose to use a server farm, you can
place various components and services on several networked computers to
balance the load. The server farm has a few advantages. Using a server farm
improves your ability to easily expand to meet growing needs while simultane-
ously limiting the impact created when a single component or service fails.
You can set up Project Server 2007 in a small farm, a medium farm, or a large
farm. There are many ways that you can set up each server farm size, and
Microsoft makes some recommendations about the various server farm con-
figurations. In each of these configurations, Microsoft classifies the servers
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