Small and Medium Enterprise

In a small-sized implementation of Configuration Manager, all major components can be hosted on the same server. For best performance, consider separating the following components onto separate physical drives:

• Operating system

• Configuration Manager installation

• Site Database

• Distribution Point content

For very small environments, the OS and Configuration Manager installation can potentially reside on the same set of disks. However, the database should almost always be separated from the Configuration Manager installation files. The Distribution Point content should also be moved to a different set of disks, but this is dependent on how much content will be provisioned to target systems. For medium-sized deployments, ...

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