How many users can one server handle ??

[etools]

Hi , I'm going to create a system for my company , cloud system if you may , i don't know the name , it's going to consist of a number of servers depends on how many users can one server handle, with windows server 2008 installed, they will be hosting an accounting software with a sql server database , and Kvm switch unit for each employee , there will be 200 employees , working on the same server ,using this software, through the kvm switches units , my question is , how many users can one server handle , keeping in mind they will all log in at the same time , and if you can recommend servers with a certain amount of users per server , i have looked at some servers , hp and ibm and dell , but i don't know how many users can any server handle , regarding speed and not freezing in the process... Thank you so much for taking the time in reading this ...

 

[LagunaX]

LOL ask Healthcare.gov

 

[Fardringle]

It really depends on how much power (i.e. budget) you are willing to put into each individual server, and the resource demands of the accounting software, such as how often each user's computer will access the server, how intensive those database requests/searches are, the bandwidth (data throughput) requirements of the application, and quite a few other things that all add up to the real usage requirements of the system. If you don't actually know how demanding the software is, there really isn't any way to answer how much server power you need.

It's kind of like asking "Can you lift a rock?" without knowing how big and heavy the rock is (or how small), or how strong the person is that will be doing the lifting.

If you do know the real usage requirements, then we can probably give you a fairly reasonable answer. If not, you would be better off having an experienced database/server analyst design the system for you.