Scaling options for OpenPages instances

You can scale OpenPages by scaling the application server and the database server.

Review the minimum system requirements before you make changes. See System requirements.

When you provision an OpenPages instance, you choose a size for the instance. The following table shows the default sizes.

For more information, refer to the component scaling PDF. See Downloading the component scaling guidance PDF from the IBM Entitled Registry.

Table 1. Default sizes for OpenPages instances
Size Description
small_mincpureq Use this setting when you want to use minimal reserved CPU resources without removing the CPU pod setting.
Extra small (XS) One application server and one database server

Use for nonproduction workloads only.

Small Two application servers and one database server
Medium Two application servers and one database server
Large Four application servers and one database server
You can scale the instance by updating the size of the application server and the database server.
Note: Run scaling operations when the cluster is quiet.