Best Practices to SharePoint Physical and Information Architecture

Best Practices: SharePoint Physical and Information Architecture Fundamentals
Name: Joel Oleson
Title: Sr. Architect
Company: Quest Software

Who is SharePoint Joel?
8 year SharePoint Veteran…
First SharePoint Admin!
Sr. Technical Product Manager - SharePoint team Launch of SharePoint Server 2007
Top IT SharePoint Blog
Blog: http://www.sharepointjoel.com
Twitter: @joeloleson

Audience Poll
SharePoint Admins?
Less than 3 years in SharePoint?
Belong to SharePoint &/or .NET user groups?

Agenda…
SharePoint Best Practices: Architecture Fundamentals
Core Logical Architecture
Physical Architecture
Designing Information Architecture
Avoid Common Mistakes

WSS 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007
MOSS FIS
For Internet Sites
& Enterprise Intranet
Web Forms, Excel Services, BDC
Doc Management, Web Content Management,
Search, & Portals
Intranet/Extranet
Standard
Platform & Collaboration
(blogs & wikis)
Windows Internet Connector

Fundamental Principle #1
IIS Web Sites = IIS Virtual Servers = Web Applications
Physical Server
Web Application(s)
Top Level Site(s)
Site Collections
Site(s)
Site Collection

Consistency in Hierarchy
WSS 3.0
Web Applications
Site Collections
Sites
Templates & Features
MOSS 2007
Web Applications
Site Collections
Sites
Templates & Features

Servers Have Services are Are Roles
Servers have Roles
Web Front End (WFE)
Query
Calculation (Excel)
Index
(Non SharePoint) Database Server
Simplified Really Just 3 Roles
WFE/Query – 99%
Index (App Tier)
SQL
Note: Never put Query and Index on same server if there is another Query server!

Deployment InstallKey concepts
32 bit or 64bit binaries
**Note: SharePoint 2010 requires 2008 64bit & 64bit SQL 2005 or 2008
Install
Basic NOT RECOMMENDED except for POC
Advanced – Allows you to connect to SQL
WFE only vs. Full install
Language Packs (Downloads on the Web)
WSS
MOSS
Ifilter packs

Most Common Farms
WFE/Query
WFE/Query
All SP Roles
Index
“All in One”
SQL
SQL
SQL

5 Server Farm (Medium)
10 Server Farm (Large)
User requests
Web front ends
+ application(s)
Application(s)
Index
Query
Query
Calc +
Clustered SQL server
3 Server Farm (Small)
User requests
Each load-balanced server
includes:

Web front end
Applications

User requests
Dedicated SQL server
Load balances web
front end servers
Single Server
Application
servers
User Requests
One Server which contains:

Web front end
Application
Database

2 Clustered SQL server
Picking Your Topology
Performance
Availability

Key Factors in Topology
Usage
# Users
Solution (The answer before the question)
Authentication Type (Anonymous vs. AD)
Caching Offload devices
Business & Tech Requirements
Client & Server Performance Requirements
SLAs (Uptime/High Availability Req.)
WAN Considerations (Multi farm)
Data
GBs/TBs of data
Total # Files and Items (rare)

SharePoint in common…
LOLCATS.COM

You MUST learn the difference between site and site collection despite the confusion.
Site = Web = Spweb aka subweb
STSADM = Web
UI=site
Site Collection = SpSite
STSADM = Site
Central Admin = Site
UI= Site Collection

Defaults have Faults

POP QUIZ!!!!
What is the most scalable object in SharePoint?
Site Collection
Can I run WFE and Query on one box and WFE Query Index on another?
NO!
Is a default basic install good enough to get started?
No!
Is Virtualization and SharePoint ok?
Yes!

WooHoo! You Pass SharePoint Fundamentals– The New World

Containment Hierarchy

Joel's Cheat Sheet for Hosting

Endusersharepoint.com

SharePoint Server Logical Model
Service
Offering
Permanent Central Portal
Web Application
Permanent
Structured
SharePoint Server Sites
Central
Portal
Permanent Division Portals
Web Applications
or Site Collections
Semi Structured
Consolidation on 1 to 3
Web Applications
Ad Hoc
WSS Site
Templates
SharePoint
Server
Sites
1 Web App per
Region

Planning for *REAL* Capacity Boundaries

Plan for Software BoundariesPlan your lists and libraries
Throughput differences between flat document library vs. document library with folders

Understanding the SharePoint Databases

Top Performance Killers
Indexing/Crawling
Backup (SQL & Tape)
Profile Import
Misc Timer Jobs – User Sync for large #s of Users
STSADM Backup/Restore
Large List Operations
Heavy User Operation List Import/Write

Disk I/O Demand
Most Demand
Medium Demand
Low Demand
*Content..
Search
Config
Temp
Model
+SSP
Master
Tlogs
* Except during backup and Indexing + Except during Profile Import

#8 SharePoint Common Mistakes

Operations and IT Failures

Developer Failures

Project Management Failures

Business Deployment Failures

Call to Action!
Be sure to PLAN your logical infrastructure & Physical… Don’t forget a Governance Plan!
Where do you get your information? TechNet, MSDN, SharePoint Team Blog, SharePoint User Groups http://www.sharepointpros.org, and blogs!! Twitter?
http://www.sharepointjoel.com@joeloleson

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