Examples of Sinch Contact Pro Servers

This section shows examples of server hardware for Sinch Contact Pro.

Small In-House Setup / Proof of Concept Setup

The setup contains the following servers:

  • 1 SQL Server Cluster
  • 1 Sinch Contact Pro application server
SQL Server Sinch Contact Pro Application Servers
x86 cluster server with 1 or more CPUs x86 server with 1 or more CPUs
8 GB or more RAM 4 GB or more RAM
2 or more 100/1000 Base-T Ethernet ports per node 1 or more 100/1000 Base-T Ethernet ports per node

Redundant (for example RAID 1 (2x15K drives)) 73 GB or more disk space for operating system and applications per node

Redundant (for example RAID 1(2x15 K drives)) 73 GB or more disk space
Redundant (for example RAID 5 or 1+0 (15K hot pluggable drives)) 500 GB or more disk space for databases Redundant Power Supply
Redundant Power Supply Windows Server OS (English recommended)
Redundant ventilators
Windows Server OS (English recommended) (2 node failover cluster possible with Standard edition)
SQL Server software (English)

Basic Service Provider Setup

The setup contains the following servers:

  • 1 SQL Server Cluster
  • 2 Sinch Contact Pro application servers
  • 1 Sinch Contact Pro Reporting Server
SQL Server Sinch Contact Pro Reporting (SQL) Server Sinch Contact Pro Application Servers
x86 cluster server with 1 or more CPUs x86 server with 1 or more CPUs x86 server with 1 or more CPUs
16 GB or more RAM 8 GB or more RAM 4 GB or more RAM
2 or more 100/1000 Base-T Ethernet ports per node 1 or more 100/1000 Base-T Ethernet ports per node 2 100/1000 Base-T Ethernet ports per node
Redundant (for example RAID 1 (2x15K drives)) 73 GB or more disk space for operating system and applications per node Redundant (for example RAID 1 (2x15K drives)) 73 GB or more disk space for operating system and applications Redundant (for example RAID 1 (2x15K drives)) 73 GB or more disk space
Redundant for example RAID 5 or 1+0 (15K hot pluggable drives)) 1 TB or more disk space for databases Redundant (for example RAID 5 or 1+0 (15K hot pluggable drives)) 146 GB or more disk space for databases Redundant Power Supply
Redundant Power Supply Redundant Power Supply Windows Server OS (English recommended)
Redundant ventilators Windows Server OS (English recommended)
Windows Server OS (English recommended) SQL Server software (English)
SQL Server software (English)

Service Provider Setup with SAN

The setup contains the following servers:

  • 1 SQL Server Cluster (can serve several Sinch Contact Pro systems)
  • 2 or more Sinch Contact Pro application servers (1 in core and 1 in access NW)
  • 2 or more Sinch Contact Pro failover application servers (1 per NW, each can backup several application servers but usually only 1 at a time)
  • 1 Sinch Contact Pro Reporting Server
  • 1 Sinch Contact Pro application server as Management server (can serve several Sinch Contact Pro systems)
SQL Server

(SQL cluster is made of two or more of these)

Sinch Contact Pro Reporting (SQL) Server Sinch Contact Pro Application Servers
x86 server with 1 or more CPUs x86 server with 1 or more CPUs x86 server with 1 or more CPUs
16 GB or more RAM 8 GB or more RAM 4 GB or more RAM
2 or more 100/1000 Base-T Ethernet ports per node 1 or more 100/1000 Base-T Ethernet ports per node 2 100/1000 Base-T Ethernet ports per node
Redundant (for example RAID 1 (2x15K drives)) 73 GB or more disk space for operating system and applications per node Redundant (for example RAID 1 (2x15K drives)) 73 GB or more disk space for operating system and applications Redundant (for example RAID 1 (2x15K drives)) 73 GB or more disk space
1 or more HBA (host bus adapter) for SAN connection and database storage 1 or more HBA (host bus adapter) for SAN connection and database storage Redundant Power Supply
Redundant Power Supply Redundant Power Supply Windows Server OS (English recommended)
Redundant ventilators Windows Server OS (English recommended)
Windows Server OS (English recommended) SQL Server software (English)
SQL Server software (English)