SMA works on the distributed architecture to allow an easy and non-disruptive scale in and out of the operations. The following aspects must be taken into consideration while planning the infrastructure for SMA deployment:
Planning for availability
Planning for performance/capacity
All the components of the SMA solution can be protected against a single point of failure by adding redundant servers. The following guidelines include the recommended configuration with respect to the availability of each role:
The SMA web service role: This is recommended to deploy multiple web service roles (the minimum recommendation is two for high availability) and configure with a load balancer. Any administrative endpoint such as the WAP portal must point to the load balancer to communicate with the SMA web service.
The SMA worker role: It is recommended to deploy multiple SMA worker roles (the minimum recommendation is two for high availability) to avoid...