Anyone use a hardware configuration sheet

[desy]

You know proc, ram, drive space, video
laptop screen size etc etc
Software considerations

A checklist for work so we can configure hardware to best match software, for example Arcgis 9.2

 

[mpilchfamily]

I don't understand what your talking about. Please elaborate more.

 

[Denithor]

I think he's asking if there is a spreadsheet that recommends hardware for a build based on the software you plan to use.

In short - not that I know of. One of the problems is, software & hardware change so frequently that it'd be a nightmare to keep up with all the new stuff & requirements.

Basically just look around for benchmarks with your required software and find what hardware performs acceptably. IE - there's no need for a 4GHz quad-core CPU to run a single-threaded application.

 

[mpilchfamily]

Oh well then in that case your out of luck. Even if your talking the best of the best for software applications there will still be a large range of availible products for each catigory of hardware.

 

[Denithor]

Not to mention - it would be a huge list of software.