Task 3: Considerations for Scaling the Servers

For each instance, the IIS 7.0 servers and remote file servers (if used) must be scaled to handle the expected load. IIS 7.0 can be bound by network, memory, CPU, and the speed with which it can read the content data from the disk. Planning for adequate resources is critical to ensuring satisfactory performance of the IIS instance. This process can involve two methods of scaling:

  • Scale up. This scaling method increases server resources to accommodate expected application loads.

  • Scale out. This method adds additional servers to a load-balanced instance as client load increases.

Infrastructures can use a mix of both methods to define a platform that can accommodate application demands.

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