The document discusses how to determine the appropriate size and deployment configuration for an Aras PLM implementation based on factors such as the number of users, locations, amount of data, and process complexity. It provides examples of scaling Aras from a single-server deployment for a small group to larger multi-server configurations with load balancing and database/vault replication for thousands of users across multiple sites. The document emphasizes that Aras can scale infinitely to meet the needs of any size company through options like cloud deployment on Azure.

1. BEDIFFERENT ACE 2012 I NTERNATI O NAL
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2. ACE 2012
INTERNATIONAL
Right-sizing Aras for
Your Company
Rob McAveney
Director of Product Management
Aras www.aras.com
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3. How to Measure?
 Users? vs.
 Locations? vs.
 Data? vs.
 Processes? vs.
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4. User Count
 Total number of users
 50 or 50,000+ ?
 Number of concurrent users
 10 or 10,000+ ?
 User types
 # People that need to submit data?
 # People that need to view/access data?
 # People that need to participate in processes?
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5. Location Count
 Physical location count
 1 or 100+ ?
 Network infrastructure
 Bandwidth
 Latency
 Encryption requirements
 Supplier and/or customer access
 Suppliers? How many? 10 or 10,000+ ?
 Customers? How many? 5 or 50,000+ ?
 All of these options are possible with Aras and
the right configuration
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6. Amount of Data
 Number of vaulted files
 10k or 1M+ ?
 File size
 Megabytes or Terabytes or even Petabytes?
 Database
 Bills of Material
 Process Plans
 Change & Configuration Management
 Compliance Data
 CAD Integrations
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7. Process Complexity
 Process complexity is not a function of user count
 Big companies can have simple processes
 Small companies can have complex processes
 PLM Scope
 BOMs, Document Management and Engineering Change
 Outsourced Manufacturing & Quality Assurance
 Program Project Management
 Systems Engineering
 Formulas & Recipes
 Regulatory compliance
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8. Deployment Options
 Single server for everything Aras
U s e r C o u n t
ERP
CRM
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9. Deployment Options
 Distributed/replicated vaults geographically
close to users
U s e r C o u n t
ERP
CRM
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10. Deployment Options
 Load balanced application servers
U s e r C o u n t
ERP
CRM
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11. Deployment Options
 Hosted environment through firewalls
with encryption
U s e r C o u n t
ERP
CRM
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12. Deployment Options
 Private cloud with shared/replicated
database
U s e r C o u n t
ERP
CRM
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13. Deployment Options
 Public cloud with virtualized resources
and replicated vaults behind the firewall
like Aras Spectrum on Azure
U s e r C o u n t
ERP
CRM
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14. Scaling Down
 Laptop for evaluation, demo,
development, etc.
 Single small server for a
workgroup
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15. Scaling Up
 A single server configuration
will work from
dozens of users to
hundreds of users
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16. Multiple Server Configurations
 Move the vault service to
multiple different servers
 Other services, like
file conversion, can
easily be
moved to
other servers
 Vault replication
 Good for many
distributed sites
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17. Vault Replication
 Automatic replication of files across many vault
servers
 Shared Vaults
 Distributed Vaults
 Replicated Vaults
• On Demand or Scheduled replication
• Vary rules by vault, file type, group, etc.
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18. Separate Database Server
 Run the database
on it’s own server(s)
 Bandwidth between
application and
database server(s)
is critical
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19. Multiple Application Servers
 Multiple application servers
can connect to the same
database and vaults
 Segregate users by
location or another
factor
 Load balance
using underlying
IT infrastructure
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20. Achieving the Right Size
 Make sure you factor in the number of users and
locations, amount of data and process complexity
 Scaling down is simple – just install on a single
server
 Many options for scaling up & out, including
splitting servers, replication, load balancing, etc.
 Infinite scalability can be achieved using cloud
technologies such as Aras Spectrum on Azure
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21. ACE 2012
INTERNATIONAL
Right-sizing Aras for
Your Company
Rob McAveney
Director of Product Management
Aras www.aras.com
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