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Estimate the Peak User Directory Search Rate

The peak user directory search rate is based on the total number of operations (authentication load plus authorization load), specifically, when and at what rate the system is operating at peak levels. Estimating the peak user directory search rate is the process of identifying when the system is servicing the highest level of operations and how these requests translate into user directory searches.

When estimating the peak authorization rate, we recommend using the metrics that you gathered when determining the sustained authorization rate to determine:

• The hour the system is servicing the highest number operations.
• The approximate number of operations that occur during this period.

The following figure is an example of these metrics: