Here is generally what I would recommend:
- § SolarWinds Server
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
- 2 x Quad Core processors
- 16 GB RAM
- 300 GB Drive RAID 1 (split into two partitions)
- 100 GB OS Partition
- 200 GB Application Partition
- § SolarWinds SQL Server
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
- SQL 2012 R2 – Enterprise license
- 4 x Quad Core processors
- 96 GB RAM
- 1.4 TB Storage RAID 10
- 100 GB OS Partition
- 800 GB Data Partition
- 250 TempDB Partition
- 250 GB Log Partition
- § SolarWinds NTA Fastbit Database Server
- Microsoft Windows 2012 R2
- 4 x Quad Core Processors
- 96 GB RAM
- 1 TB Drive RAID 10
- 100 GB OS Partition
- 800 GB Data Partition
- 100 GB Backup Partition
If you plan to virtualize the SQL environment, you will need to dedicate the resources to the VM.