Chapter 7. Search Deployment Considerations

After completing this chapter, you will be able to

  • Determine factors affecting performance, scalability, availability, and security when deploying an Enterprise Search solution with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

  • Understand server farm topology.

  • See the advantages of dedicating a Web front-end server to the crawler.

  • Provide free Enterprise Search capabilities to Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 using Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express.

  • Choose the appropriate server hardware.

  • Calculate the required amount of server disk space.

  • Optimize the performance of index servers, query servers, and search database servers.

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