Sun Java Enterprise System Deployment Planning Guide

Study Use Cases for Peak Load Usage

Return to the use cases and usage analysis to identify areas of peak load usage and make adjustments to your CPU estimates.

For example, suppose for this example you identify the following peak load conditions:

To account for this peak load usage, make adjustment to the components providing these services. The following table outlines adjustments you might make to account for this peak load usage.

Table 5–3 CPU Estimate Adjustments for Peak Load

Component 

CPUs (Adjusted) 

Description 

Messaging Server MTAinbound 

Add 1 CPU for peak incoming email 

Messaging Server MTAoutbound 

Add 1 CPU for peak outgoing email 

Messaging ServerMMP 

Add 1 CPU for additional load 

Messaging Server STR(Message Store) 

Add 1 CPU for additional load 

Directory Server 

Add 1 CPU for additional LDAP lookups