[sims] Sims Databases on one Server

[Chrisbf1]

in the process of joining 2 schools that have federated. They will use one server in the end. They currently use 2 servers one at each site with 2 sims databases. Going forward I wanted to have one VM with 2 sims databases on. is this possible. just think it will save making another VM.

[RichP]

Yes, technically there's no reason they couldn't both be on the same server. You'll need to consider the other parts of SIMS, you'll need two Document Management Servers running on different ports for example. I'm not sure if you might need two separate SOLUS installs?

I think my biggest concern in doing this would be resourcing the server. There are a number of sims process (census, validate memberships, academic promotion, bulk attendance editing) that can be very CPU intensive and SIMS isn't very good at doing much else whilst those things happen. That's bad enough if it affects one school, worse if it effects two!

Have you 3rd party apps (Wonde, Groupcall etc) that synchronise data to other systems. Are they able to access two SIMS databases from one installation, or will they need two?