Hi Not a Windows question as such.... We are running HP servers. One of our application vendors states that their new application we'll be using has an IOPS footprint of 0.3. IOPS per user. We'll have about 500 users per server. What's the best method to find out what the best server/ disk/ RAID architecture is? Do HP provide any sort of calculators or knowledge on their website (I can't see anything myself)?

Coincidently, we just answered this question for someone else: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Fuwinservergen/thread/735092ee-955c-4d20-b1ae-07b910753ec4

HI Thanks link is dead?

Yes, you're right. It doesn't work when you click on it for some reason, only with a copy and paste. This one should work: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/735092ee-955c-4d20-b1ae-07b910753ec4

the following article has a table with rough iops numbers for different disk types: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOPS

the following article has a table with rough iops numbers for different disk types: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOPS