In this example, five applications are being consolidated onto a single system. The target applications have resource requirements that vary, different user populations, and different architectures. Currently, each application exists on a dedicated server that is designed to meet the requirements of the application. The applications and their characteristics are identified in the following table.
Application Description |
Characteristics |
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Application server |
Exhibits negative scalability beyond 2 CPUs |
Database instance for application server |
Heavy transaction processing |
Application server in test and development environment |
GUI-based, with untested code execution |
Transaction processing server |
Primary concern is response time |
Standalone database instance |
Processes a large number of transactions and serves multiple time zones |