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Best Practices for Large WebSphere Topologies

A Periodic Report from the WebSphere Large Topology Task Force

Summary: This article examines large topologies and the best practices involved in configuring and managing them, from several perspectives. Different limiting criteria for cell size are explored and the considerations for each criteria is documented. The goal is to provide the most accurate information about WebSphere Application Server behavior and scaling constraints so that you can develop the plans for your large topology based on the functional and operational priorities that are the most relevant to your organization.

Date: 01 Apr 2011 (Published 11 Oct 2007)
Level: Introductory

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This article examines large topologies and the best practices involved in configuring and managing them, from several perspectives. Different limiting criteria for cell size are explored and the considerations for each criteria is documented. The goal is to provide the most accurate information about WebSphere® Application Server behavior and scaling constraints so that you can develop the plans for your large topology based on the functional and operational priorities that are the most relevant to your organization.

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