Chapter 24. Scaling Up and Scaling Out Strategies

In this Chapter

Size Does Matter

Building Bigger Servers

Building Server Farms

Avoiding the Pitfalls

Making It Perform

Scaling the Active Directory

Scaling for the File System

Scaling for RAS

Scaling Web Services

Scaling for Terminal Services

BEST PRACTICE

Always be Aware of the Implications

RAID Types

As networks grow from a few servers supporting a few hundred users to a large farm of servers supporting several thousand users it's important to understand how to scale services to support greater user loads. This chapter offers solutions on how to take some common services to the next level and allow them to support large numbers of users.