What are the recommended BEST CASE hardware requirements for TFS 2010

Question

Hi guys,

i have installed TFS 2010 in a 2 server setup with an App Tier server and a SQL Server and am not 100% happy with the performance.

Both are running in VM's on SAN disks and have been given the following virtual hardware each:

• Windows 2008 R2
• 1 CPU @ 2.8Ghz
• 2gb RAM

what should i lift - neither machine is hammered but both do go up to 80% when people are doing things on them - should i add another CPU to each - usually this is now required in a VMWARE setup but i don't know if TFS 2010 takes advantage of an extra core???

thank you in advance :-)

Answer 1

It would appear that i am more having issues with sharepoint going cold on non-peak use projects.

By installing an IIS app warmer, i solved all my problems:

http://www.diaryofaninja.com/blog/2010/05/06/keep-your-aspnet-websites-warm-and-fast-247

I am running my app server with 2 virtual cores and 2gb of RAM and it's booming

I have the database server using 2gb RAM and a single core