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Deployment Types

When planning the hardware needed for a CA Identity Manager deployment, consider the features that you want to implement and the initial size of the deployment. Use one of the following categories to estimate the size of the deployment.

Note: The deployment type you select determines the size of the DxGrid file that is used by the Provisioning Directory. You specify the deployment type when you install the Identity Manager Server.

• Demonstration

  A single server deployment for use in demonstrations or basic testing in a Development environment. A demonstration deployment supports up to 10,000 provisioned accounts.

  Note: This implementation type does not support production implementations.

• Basic

  A high availability implementation that is suitable for most small to medium size implementations. A basic implementation supports up to 400,000 provisioned accounts.

  This type of implementation requires two servers for running the Identity Manager application and its components and two servers for running the Identity Manager database and the user store.

• Intermediate

  A high availability implementation that is suitable for medium size implementations. An intermediate deployment supports up to 600,000 provisioned accounts.

• Large Enterprise

  A high availability implementation that includes additional server clusters to address additional users and an increased number of transactions. A large deployment supports more than 600,000 provisioned accounts.

Note: For more information about high availability implementations, see the Installation Guide.