Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server Installation Guide
3-54 Telephony and LAN planning
Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server Installation Planning Guide
February 27, 2004
SQL Server
One of the following:
• SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine Service Pack 2 (included
with MeetingPlace Web)
• SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2
• SQL Server 7 Service Pack 3
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• This is the last release of MeetingPlace Web that will support
SQL Server 7. Service packs are available at:
www.microsoft.com/sql/downloads
• SQL Server Desktop Engine imposes a performance limit of
eight simultaneous connections. This limitation will hamper
the performance of MeetingPlace systems, particularly
production systems, consider the use of a fully licensed SQL
Server.
the performance of MeetingPlace systems, particularly
production systems, consider the use of a fully licensed SQL
Server.
• If a full version of SQL Server will reside on the same
machine as MeetingPlace Web, that SQL Server should be
configured to use no more than 80 MB of memory. Consult
with your MeetingPlace Web support representative for more
information.
configured to use no more than 80 MB of memory. Consult
with your MeetingPlace Web support representative for more
information.
Audio conversion
(optional)
(optional)
Third-party audio server (for conversion of audio files into
supported MeetingPlace formats)
supported MeetingPlace formats)
• RealServer (version 7 or 8)
• Windows Media Server (version 4)
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A third-party audio server is not required to convert audio
flies into WAV format.
MeetingPlace load
balancing (optional)
balancing (optional)
• All participating MeetingPlace Web servers in the same
internal cluster must point to the same MeetingPlace server.
• All participating MeetingPlace Web servers in the same
external cluster must point to the same MeetingPlace server.
• All participating MeetingPlace Web servers in an internal
cluster must share the same SQL Server database.
• All participating MeetingPlace Web servers in an external
cluster must share the same SQL Server database.
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Recommended configuration is two SQL Server
databases, one for the internal cluster and one for the external
cluster. Because MeetingPlace does not support the use of only
one SQL Server database (either internal or external), this is not
recommended.
cluster. Because MeetingPlace does not support the use of only
one SQL Server database (either internal or external), this is not
recommended.
System
Description