Chapter 2 Deployment Planning
Scalable Deployments
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Hardware Configurations:
1. Single processor Pentium 4 (3Ghz+) with 2 GB RAM
2. Dual processor Xeon (2.5 Ghz+) with 4 GB RAM
3. Quad processor Xeon (2.5 Ghz+) with 8 GB RAM
4. Eight-Way Xeon (2.5 Ghz+) with 8 GB RAM
The following tables approximate the number of agents you could deploy with
each server configuration installed on one of four hardware configurations
provided.
Ta b l e 2-1 Server Configuration 1: Single Server
Hardware Configuration Number of Agents
Hardware Configuration 1 2,500
Hardware Configuration 2 5,000
Hardware Configuration 3 10,000
Hardware Configuration 4 20,000
Ta b l e 2-2 Server Configuration 2: Two Servers
Hardware Configuration Number of Agents
Hardware Configuration 1 7,500
Hardware Configuration 2 15,000
Hardware Configuration 3 30,000
Hardware Configuration 4 75,000
Ta b l e 2-3 Server Configuration 3: Three Servers
Hardware Configuration Number of Agents
Hardware Configuration 1 10,000
Hardware Configuration 2 20,000
Hardware Configuration 3 50,000
Hardware Configuration 4 100,000
