Infrastructure sizing considerations

In this section, we provide a quick reference on supported size and scale information and recommended hardware information. Basically, it depends on the scale of CM, make sure your planning hierarchy and hardware is good enough for CM requirements.

Supportable size and scale

You can verify the maximum supported size and scale information from the following tables:

Table 1. Sites

Site Type	Maximum Scale and Size
CAS	Up to 25 child primary sites 700k clients (50k clients for SQL Standard)
Primary	Up to 250 child secondary sites 150k clients
Secondary	Does not support child sites 15k clients

Table 2. Site Roles

Site Role Type	Maximum Scale and Size
Distribution Point	A Primary/Secondary site supports up to 250 DPs A Primary/Secondary site supports up to 2k pull-DPs A Primary site hierarchy supports up to 5k DPs Up to 10k packages and applications 4k clients
Management point	Primary site supports up to 15 MPs Only single MP can be in secondary site 25k clients
Software update point	25k clients (150k for Remote SUP)

Hardware recommendation

Microsoft has published detailed guidance on recommended hardware configurations, you can find it here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt589500.aspx.

Table 3. Site Servers

Site Server Type	CPU Cores	Memory (GB)/for SQL (%)	Disk (GB)
Stand-alone primary with SQL	16	96/80	OS-32 (WS2012R2) CM-25~200 DB-100 per 25k clients TempDB - As needed Content- As needed
Stand-alone primary with remote SQL	8	16/-	-
Remote SQL for stand-alone primary	16	64/90	-
CAS with SQL	16	96/80	-
CAS with remote SQL	8	16/-	-
Remote SQL for CAS	16	96/90	-
Child primary with SQL	16	96/80	-
Child primary with remote SQL	8	16/-	-
Remote SQL for child primary	16	64/90	-
Secondary	8	16/-	-

Table 4. Remote site system servers

Site System Role	CPU cores	Memory (GB)	Disk (GB)
Management point	4	8	50
Distribution point	2	8	As needed
Application Catalog	4	16	50
Software update point	8	16	As needed
All other site system roles	4	8	50

See also

• Refer to the TechNet documentation on CM supported configurations at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt589499.aspx