SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services capacity planning

 There is now some information available on capacity planning for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services.

The documentation I could find was:

·        Capacity Planning for Windows SharePoint Services (Microsoft, TechNet)
Interesting capacity and scale limits, must read

·        SharePoint Portal Server Capacity Planning (MSD2D, Brien Posey)
Limited interest, only single server capacity computations

·        The Intranets_Planning.doc file in the Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Intranets, version 2.0, November 25, 2003 (Microsoft, Download Center)
Interesting read, most interesting for large configurations

·        Capacity Planning Guide for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Beta, based on Beta, not linked anymore (Microsoft, SharePoint assistance)
Interesting read, most interesting for smaller configurations (info might be out of date)

·        Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Performance Summary, info by HP, mostly included in the Intranets_Planning.doc file pointed out above.

·        Example HP ProLiant Server Configurations for Deployment of Microsoft SharePoint 2003 Products & Technologies, info by HP
Interesting read, also describes small configuration (2 servers) with what hardware you exactly need

Another interesting read in this context is the description of Microsoft’s own implementation of their Intranet based on SharePoint products and technologies:

·        Deploying SharePoint Products and Technologies for Enterprise Collaboration (Microsoft IT Showcase, HTML, Microsoft TechNet)
MUST READ!! Irritating that TechNet does not have it’s docs in Word or PDF format… after some searching:
www.sharepointcustomization.com/resources/whitepapers/ OTG%20Sharepoint%20Deployment.doc
Also have a look at: Hosted Solution Facilitates Team Collaboration (Microsoft IT Showcase)