Sizing the server
When sizing an InForm application server, be aware of the resources that are already being used. Make sure that you monitor the servers during the studies. When sizing your server, consider the average number of:
- Sites.
- Subjects per site.
- CRFs (forms).
- Data items.
- Users.
For each study, consider the following:
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) status of the study (GCP or non-GCP).
- Study phase.
- Study duration.
- Enrollment rate.
- Geographic proximity of servers to sites.
- System availability requirements.
- Number of sites.
- Number of users.
- Number of subjects.
- Number of unique forms.
- Maximum number of items per form.
- Average number of items per form.
- Maximum number of rules per form.
- Average number of rules per form.
- Total number of forms per subject.