for InfoPath Forms Services environments (Office SharePoint Server)

This performance and capacity planning scenario incorporates a single Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 farm that is running InfoPath Forms Services. The farm is used to publish InfoPath form templates. Note that the test results that are shown in this article are specific to InfoPath Forms Services in Office SharePoint Server 2007. Test results may not be representative of the performance characteristics of Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007.

Key characteristics
Key characteristics describe environmental factors, usage characteristics, and other considerations that are likely to be found in deployments based on this scenario.

The key characteristics for this scenario include the following:

Authentication, access control, and authorization Integrated Windows authentication is used in this scenario. Typically, sites and content are secured either by using security groups or by granting access to individual users based on their user accounts. Authentication and authorization affect throughput and require a network connection between farm servers and domain controllers. Throughput is the number of operations that a server farm can perform per second. Throughput is measured in requests per second (RPS).

Associated directory service This scenario incorporates an associated Active Directory directory service to provide user and organizational information. This information is used by Office SharePoint Server 2007 features to provide advanced functionality such as presence, targeting, and audiences.

Complex (read/write) user operations In a forms environment, users view and contribute to content. Throughput targets for this scenario are designed to ensure reasonable response times for complex user operations such as uploading form templates or filling out forms.

Data and site growth over time In addition to estimating the initial data volume, an Office SharePoint Server 2007 collaboration environment must also allow for data and site growth over time. A server farm that is designed for the initial data volume can quickly become insufficient.

User response times Target user response times for common, uncommon, long-running, and rare operation are listed in the User response time table at the end of the article Plan for software boundaries (Office SharePoint Server). Some organizations might tolerate slower user response times or might require faster user response times. The expected user response time is a key factor that determines overall throughput targets. When you have more users, you require a higher throughput target to achieve the same user response time.

User concurrency A concurrency rate of 10 percent is assumed, with 1 percent of concurrent users making requests at a given moment. For example, for 10,000 users, 1,000 users are using the solution simultaneously, and 100 users are making requests.