MOSS Capacity planning -> some usefull tips
These bits and pieces come right out of the OFF305_Capacity and Performance Planning for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies 2007 session at TechEd.
slides are attached.
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Farms: do not split up WebFE servers across WAN's. Keep all servers part of the same farm together
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concurrency planning: on average take about 10% of your total number of users for calculating the concurrency planning. However, plan for peak concurrency as well, which is usually about 5 times the normal usage
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64-bit Hardware:
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MOSS 2007 is tha last 32-bit SharePoint product. So if you are planning you renvironment, choose to install the 64-bit version now
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64-bit Hardware prioritization: SQL -> Index -> Excel -> Search -> WebFE
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you cannot mix 64-bit / 32-bit Hardware in the same role.
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Typical HW/role scenario: (will support easily 25K users)
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2 WebFE servers with Query server role
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1 application server with index role
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1 clustered SQL Server (2 HW server)
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Network: always use Gbit NIC's between the MOSS servers !
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Disk Space:
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plan 1.2 to 1.5 times the File System size for your SQL database size for files that you plan to store in MOSS
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index: ~ 10% of total content size
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query: 2 times the index size
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Performance testing: Use Visual Studio Team System Test Edition (VSTT)
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use BLOB CACHING and OUTPUT CACHING