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Planning the Implementation of Project Server
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in the farm as Web front-end servers, application servers, and SQL servers
and recommends placing different components of Project Server on the dif-
ferent classifications of servers. Typically, here’s how things work:
✦ You place Windows SharePoint Services and Project Web Access on Web
front-end servers.
✦ You put applications such as the Project Server Interface, Project Server
business objects, and Project Server reporting and queuing services on
application servers.
✦ You place Project Server SQL databases, SQL Analysis Services, and SQL
Reporting Services on SQL servers.
In a small server farm, you load everything on two servers. You designate one
computer as the SQL Server, placing SQL 2000 or SQL 2005 and SQL Analysis
Services and SQL Reporting Services on that computer. Then use the other
computer as both a Web front-end server and an application server, where you
install Project Server and Windows SharePoint Services. This configuration
separates database processing from other processing and typically improves
performance.
In a medium server farm, you use three tiers of servers, installing each
Project Server component in a separate Web front end, application, and
database server tier. This approach works well when you need to accommo-
date more users because you can add more Web front-end servers, applica-
tion servers, and, if necessary, database servers.
In the large server farm configuration, you use three tiers and install each
component in a separate tier like you do in the medium server farm. In the
large server farm configuration, you might also be using other services
available through SharePoint Server 2007, such as Search, Index, or Excel
Calculation Services. In this case, you set up each of these services on its
own server.
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