Every community in this world has had a time of growth. The addition of new homes and businesses means more need for utilities such as power, water, and gas, which the city or a utility company provides. We may also need to add additional police officers, fire fighters, or medical responders. When our virtual community grows, we must also expand in the same way. This chapter delves into dealing with growth within our Blackboard Learn environment. Our discussions in this chapter will help us understand how we can create a system that is secure and built to serve the needs of our growing user community. We will discuss the following topics:
Managing security within the Blackboard Learn environment
Managing application and statistics information within our instance
How to make changes to our current configuration
Reviewing how to optimize our servers to meet the needs of our users
Let's start our discussions in this chapter with...