Microsoft® Office Project Server 2003 Unleashed

Scalability

This section defines system scalability and availability.

Scalability is the capability of a system or a component to accommodate greater demand while maintaining an acceptable response time for users. Scalability is an important factor for organizations that anticipate future growth. Although it is important for organizations to deploy a configuration that can accommodate current performance requirements, organizations also need to consider their plans for future growth when planning their configuration.

Because the EPM solution is a multitiered infrastructure, you can plan for and manage the performance of each EPM solution component within each tier. In this way, your EPM solution design is a highly scalable system that can handle ...