Setting up your environment

In “Define your SCM infrastructure” on page 73 we started out by saying that “No chain is stronger than its weakest link.” Defining and sizing your ClearCase infrastructure is very important to successful ClearCase deployment. In Chapter 7, “Setting up ClearCase” on page 91, we also gave you some general advice on how to right size your network and servers. In the sections that follow, we take it a step further.

Network infrastructure

Right sizing your network is one of the key success factors in achieving network and over-all ClearCase performance. It is vital that your network environment meets the specific ClearCase requirements.

Apart from the need for speed, these are some of the issues that you have to address: ...

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