Chapter 1

Designing the Hardware and Software Infrastructure

MICROSOFT EXAM OBJECTIVES COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:

  • Design for capacity requirements.
    • Analyze storage requirements.
    • Analyze network requirements.
    • Analyze CPU requirements.
    • Analyze the current configuration.
    • Analyze memory requirements.
    • Forecast and incorporate anticipated growth requirements into the capacity requirements.
  • Specify software versions and hardware configurations.
    • Choose a version and edition of the operating system.
    • Choose a version of SQL Server 2005.
    • Choose a CPU type.
    • Choose memory options.
    • Choose a type of storage.

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