Chapter 13. Scaling Out to a SharePoint Technologies Server Farm
In this chapter:
Preparing for Scaling Out to a Server Farm 319
Scaling Out Windows SharePoint Services 325
Scaling Out SharePoint Server 330
Creating Multiple Shared Services Providers 338
The two primary reasons for scaling out a server farm are to achieve high availability and performance. For example, those looking for high availability need at least two Web front-end (WFE) servers, two application servers, and a clustered SQL Server back end. If performance is strictly the goal, you may have only a single four CPU SQL Server server with one very fast WFE server and one application server. Whatever your goal, it is important to note that the new versions of Windows SharePoint Services ...
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