Capacity Planning
Capacity Planning |
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The main options for expanding an intranet site fall into two categories:
With this option, multiple servers have the same content installed and a load-balancing algorithm (such as Network Load Balancing) is implemented to serve multiple customers. This requires that the content be updated equally on all servers at once.
This option is good when there is no clear organizational division among the components.
With this option, content or components are separated on dedicated servers. The user typically engages a primary intranet server, and is redirected to a dedicated server if necessary.
This option is usually good when there is a clear organizational division for a particular set of content. It is also a good choice when resource-intensive content will impact the performance of the entire site if it is not segregated. When combined with content striping, this option is also good for extremely large sites.