Cisco Systems DOC-78-17916 manual Hardware Configurations

Chapter 2 Deployment Planning

Scalable Deployments

Hardware Configurations:

1.Single processor Pentium 4 (3Ghz+) with 2 GB RAM

2.Dual processor Xeon (2.5 Ghz+) with 4 GB RAM

3.Quad processor Xeon (2.5 Ghz+) with 8 GB RAM

4.Eight-Way Xeon (2.5 Ghz+) with 8 GB RAM

The following tables approximate the number of agents you could deploy with each server configuration installed on one of four hardware configurations provided.

Table 2-1 Server Configuration 1: Single Server

		Hardware Configuration	Number of Agents
		Hardware Configuration 1	2,500
		Hardware Configuration 2	5,000
		Hardware Configuration 3	10,000
		Hardware Configuration 4	20,000
		Table 2-2 Server Configuration 2: Two Servers
		Hardware Configuration	Number of Agents
		Hardware Configuration 1	7,500
		Hardware Configuration 2	15,000
		Hardware Configuration 3	30,000
		Hardware Configuration 4	75,000
		Table 2-3 Server Configuration 3: Three Servers
		Hardware Configuration	Number of Agents
		Hardware Configuration 1	10,000
		Hardware Configuration 2	20,000
		Hardware Configuration 3	50,000
		Hardware Configuration 4	100,000
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