Please take note of the following details:

• All of the recommendations in this topic assume that you install SQL Server on a dedicated computer.

• The primary influence on SQL performance is disk throughput.

• Symantec does not recommend that you install SQL Server on a virtual computer.

• Your Notification Server disk capacity requirements may increase depending on your specific strategy for storing Deployment Disk Images, Patch Management Bulletins, and your Software Library.

• When Notification Server is installed on a virtual computer, the data loader show performance degradation (approximately 25%).

• If you choose to install the task service and the package service on the same computer, increase your hardware to account for the additional load.

• Site servers may use either a Windows workstation operating system or a Windows server operating system. Distributed and large environments may require numerous site servers to meet configuration management demands. Your primary consideration is the number of concurrent sessions that you need when you choose between a server operating system and a workstation operating system. Windows workstations are limited to 10 concurrent TCP connections sessions but Windows Server OS does not have the same limitation. A site with fewer than 100 endpoints may only require 10 sessions; however; a Windows server may be required for larger remote sites.

• When a site server supports more than 7,500 managed computers, additional site servers should be used.