Network bandwidth

In production, you should monitor the network bandwidth utilization. One approach is to monitor the traffic utilization at the switch.

The network cards on the nodes running Sterling™ Order Management System Software must be configured with at least a 100 Mbps full-duplex link. In some cases, for example, you may have to implement gigabit network cards if you have high enough transactions going through the network. Our Pre-Sales Server Sizing ) specifies the anticipated minimum network speeds.For more information, see Pre-sales server sizing.

The application stops scaling when the network is the bottleneck.