Understanding the department model

The department model represents an organization with the following needs:

• Between 50 and 75 Meridian vault users, excluding Meridian Explorer repository users, which can be many more.
• One site.
• Add-on modules such as the Meridian Asset Management Module, Publisher, and Global Collaboration Framework may be required.
• Minor to moderate customization is implemented.
• Oracle or SQL Server is the organization’s standard DBMS.
• An existing suitable web server is available

A typical configuration to meet the needs of a department would look similar to the following figure.

In this configuration, Meridian uses existing DBMS and web servers, and all remaining components are installed on a single dedicated application server.

Configuration of the Meridian application server should include the following items.

• The maximum cache size of each vault should be 1 GB or less. The combined sizes of all vault database caches plus user session memory must not exceed the amount of application virtual memory provided by the operating system.
• If multiple vaults are accessed frequently, the CopyDLL option enabled for each vault.
• A separate database server should be used only if there is a minimum 1 Gbps (fiber optic preferred) and very reliable connection to the Meridian application server. Otherwise, the application and database should be hosted on the same computer and 64-bit editions of Windows and Meridian installed.