The following recommendations can be used as a baseline for Configuration Manager 2007 site system capacity planning. Actual site capacity requirements may vary from the listed recommendations depending on your specific networking environment and how Configuration Manager 2007 features are implemented. The hardware used to host Configuration Manager 2007 site systems also contributes to the performance of Configuration Manager 2007. The number of Configuration Manager 2007 component servers, number of clients installed, and the features enabled also affect server performance.

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These recommendations define the maximum support limitations for Configuration Manager 2007 site system capacity planning and are based on using the default settings for all Configuration Manager 2007 features and the deployment of hardware suitable for the site system role and number of clients that it will support. For more information about common Configuration Manager 2007 performance related questions and sample configurations, see the technical whitepaper at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113136.

Site System	Maximum recommended number per site
Clients	Up to 200,000 per hierarchy
Primary Site Server	Up to 100,000 directly assigned clients
Secondary Site Server	Up to 500 secondary sites per primary Note The number of secondary sites recommended per primary site is based on reasonably well connected and reliable WAN network connections. Unreliable server hardware or network connections can dramatically reduce this number.
Management Point	Up to 25,000 clients Note To support more than 25,000 clients, management point site systems can be configured to use Network Load Balancing (NLB).
Distribution Point	Up to 100 per site, each capable of supporting up to 4,000 clients. Note The number of clients that one distribution point can support is dependent on network speed, disk performance, and software distribution package size.
Branch distribution point	Up to 2,000 per site, each capable of supporting up to 100 clients. Note These numbers apply whether the branch distribution point is installed on a workstation-class operating system or a server-class operating system.
Software update point	Up to 25,000 clients Note To support more than 25,000 clients in one site, software update point site systems can be configured to use Network Load Balancing (NLB).
System Health Validator point	Up to 100,000 clients (or one per hierarchy if less than 100,000 clients)
Fallback status point	Up to 100,000 clients (or one per site)

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