patrickryan

Hey, I'm having an issue where the updates wont install on a specific model PC during the task sequence. All other PC's work fine, except for one specific model, a Dell Optiplex. Does anyone have any ideas?

This is taken from Microsoft's Infrastructure and Design Guide for SCCM 2007 R3 • For site servers that manage a large number of assigned clients, use an eight-core computer with the fastest possible CPU and 16 gigabytes (GB) of memory. • Configuration Manager is a 32-bit application, and 64-bit hardware does not deliver additional benefits. • Configuration Manager has been designed to effectively maximize overall CPU processing. It is not unusual to see 85 percent or greater CPU usage on Configuration Manager site servers. • The use of virtual computer site systems for Configuration Manager sites that must process a large amount of data is not recommended. • Use separate storage volumes on the site server for: • Operating system • Configuration Manager installation directory • Site and site database backup storage • Volume Shadow Copy Service storage association for shadow copy temporary storage of the site and site database backup snapshots • Separate the site server and the site server database roles onto different computers. • Use separate storage volumes on the site server for: • The SQL Server tempdb database • SQL Server database logs • SQL Server database

Microsoft doesn't seem to recommend using virtual servers, and they also don't recommend installing SCCM + SQL on the same physical drive. Hard drives have physical i\o limitations, so it's likely that utilizing the same drive will cause a bottleneck.. maybe not initially, but down the road, yes.

Hello, If planning for a 25k - 50k + client environment, would you recommend using a 100 percent virtual solution for this. Storage and memory would be shared with the rest of the virtual environment, so i'm worried about I\O performance eventually catching up with things. Also, in a lab test, we have the following volume 1: OS volume 2: sccm + sql .. after reading a few white papers, it seems this is not the optimal way to configure sccm. Any input on this would be great