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The aim of this document is to provide guidance to customers with selecting an appropriate architecture when deploying IBM® Rational® Asset Manager.
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IBM® Rational® Asset Manager enables organizations to identify, manage and govern the design, development and consumption of software assets, including services as part of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) initiative. Using Rational Asset Manager, you can increase application development productivity and enable developers to reuse software development-related assets.
This guide is designed to help specify an appropriate architecture for Rational Asset Manager. First, the reader is led through architectural considerations helpful in choosing an appropriate deployment topology. It covers topics such as scalability, availability, maintainability, security, and integrations with other products. Second, guidance is given on capacity planning and configuration, with a focus on selecting the appropriate size and configuration of servers based upon the anticipated number of users, communities, and assets.
| Description | Name | Size | Download method |
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| Capacity planning and configuration guide | RAM_plan_config_guide_v4.0.5.pdf | 1724KB | HTTP |
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Learn
- Check out the following Rational Asset Manager resources:
- Rational Asset Manager demos
- Maximize reuse of your software assets with Rational Asset Manager, Part 1
- Maximizing reuse of your software assets with Rational Asset Manager, Part 2
- Federated metadata management with IBM Rational and WebSphere software
- Visit IBM's Pattern Solutions and find out what IBM is doing around patterns and reusable assets.
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