Plazmic Inc. future plan is to open an office in Singapore with approximately 500 BlackBerry device users at a forecasted rate of 30% growth forPlazmic Inc.? future plan is to open an office in…

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Options

• AWindows Server 2003 SP1 or later and minimum of 3 GB of memory
• BWindows XP SP 2 and minimum of 1024 MB of memory
• CWindows XP SP 2 and minimum of 512 MB of memory
• DWindows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (64-bit) and minimum of 1024 MB of memory
• EWindows Server 2003 R2 and minimum of 3 GB of memory
• FWindows Server 2008 (64-bit) and minimum of 1024 MB of memory

• B
  6% (1)
• C
  6% (1)
• D
  72% (13)
• E
  17% (3)

Explanation

For a standalone MDS Connection Service deployment supporting 500+ users (growing to ~650), RIM's official prerequisites mandate a Windows Server OS - ruling out options B and C immediately since Windows XP is a desktop/client OS and entirely unsupported for server-role deployments at enterprise scale. Options A and E are eliminated because their stated minimum of 3 GB RAM is incorrect - the actual documented minimum is 1024 MB (1 GB), and option A also uses non-specific versioning without the required R2 SP2 designation. Options D (Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 64-bit + 1024 MB) and F (Windows Server 2008 64-bit + 1024 MB) are correct because both pair a supported Windows Server OS with the correct 1024 MB minimum RAM, and both specify 64-bit architecture, which RIM recommends for handling the memory and processing demands of a standalone MDS instance under anticipated load growth.

Memory tip: Use the phrase "Servers serve servers" - any BlackBerry infrastructure component (BES, MDS, etc.) always runs on Windows Server, never XP. Then remember 1-0-2-4: the minimum RAM is 1024 MB, not 512 and not 3000+.

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