Other Considerations

Several other factors can influence how you integrate GridServer with your computing environment:

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Instead of using one grid for all types of Services, you might prefer to divide different subsets of Services (for example, by size or priority) to different Directors.

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Your network can dictate how to plan your Manager environment. For example, if you have offices in two parts of the country and a relatively slow extranet but a fast intranet in each location, you can install a Manager in each location.

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Different Managers can support data used for different Service types. For example, you can configure one Manager for Services accessing a SQL database and another Manager for Services that don’t access the database.

With this flexibility, it’s possible to plan a Manager model to provide a work space that facili-tates your workload and traffic. For more information about designing your Manager environment, contact our Integration Services staff, and we can help you determine how to best configure your installation.