• Mohan Kumar VS (3/2/2010)


    Our application will be used by 3200 concurrent users in the near future.

    I'm in agreement with Rohit. Chances are the base statement for capacity planning is tainted - hard to believe an application handling 3200 concurrent users is managed as lightly as this one appears to be.

    Please confirm concurrency, also...

    -- how about data volume?

    -- insert/update/delete activity?

    -- usage, is this OLTP or DSS?

    -- requirements for replication?

    -- requirements for business continuity a.k.a. DR planning?

    -- external dependencies?

    -- ...

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