Altiris 7Planning & Implementation Guide Version 1.1 27-Feb-09 2009, Symantec Corporation, All Rights Reserved.ii | P a g e Table of Contents 1INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................... 1 2ALTIRIS 7.0 ARCHITECTURE DESIGN .................................................................................................................................... 2 2.1OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.2WHERE TO START? ............................................................................................................................................................ 2 2.3ARCHITECTURE DESIGN ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.4SYMANTEC MANAGEMENT PLATFORM .................................................................................................................................. 2 2.5ALTIRIS 7 COMPONENTS ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.6DATABASE SERVER ............................................................................................................................................................. 3 2.7NOTIFICATION SERVER ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.8NOTIFICATION SERVER FUNCTIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 4 2.8.1Replication ........................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.8.2Hierarchy .............................................................................................................................................................. 4 2.8.3Replication within Hierarchy ................................................................................................................................ 5 2.8.4Resource Scoping ................................................................................................................................................. 5 2.8.5Site Management ................................................................................................................................................. 6 2.9THE ALTIRIS AGENT ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.10INVENTORY SOLUTION........................................................................................................................................................ 7 2.11SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION ................................................................................................................................... 8 2.12PATCH MANAGEMENT SOLUTION ......................................................................................................................................... 8 3ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING ARCHITECTURE ............................................................................................... 9 3.1NETWORK BANDWIDTH AND TOPOLOGY ................................................................................................................................ 9 3.2NETWORK SECURITY REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................................................... 9 3.3MANAGED NODE COUNT ................................................................................................................................................. 10 3.4INSTALLED AND ACTIVELY USED SOLUTIONS .......................................................................................................................... 10 3.5CONCURRENT USE OF THE ALTIRIS CONSOLE......................................................................................................................... 10 3.6PROPORTIONAL COMPONENT COST .................................................................................................................................... 10 3.7ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ........................................................................................................................................... 11 3.8FUTURE GROWTH ........................................................................................................................................................... 11 4COMMON DESIGN MODELS .............................................................................................................................................. 12 4.1GENERAL DESIGN MODELS ............................................................................................................................................... 12 4.2LARGE ENTERPRISE MODELS ............................................................................................................................................. 12 4.2.1Centralized or Decentralized Management........................................................................................................ 12 4.2.2Distributed Model for Large Enterprises ............................................................................................................ 13 4.3CENTRALIZED MODEL FOR LARGE ENTERPRISES ..................................................................................................................... 14 4.4SMALL TO MEDIUM BUSINESS (SMB) MODELS .................................................................................................................... 16 4.4.1Small Branch Sites with Mobile Users ................................................................................................................ 17 5CAPACITY PLANNING GUIDELINES .................................................................................................................................... 19 5.1NOTIFICATION SERVER SIZING GUIDELINES ........................................................................................................................... 19 5.1.1Small