Middle Tier Architecture

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Middle Tier Architecture

The Middle Tier architecture is designed to support between 5,000 and 20,000 users. It includes both dedicated servers and servers running more than one role:

  • Two servers running Edge Services

  • Two servers running Client Access and Unified Messaging server roles

  • Two servers running Hub Transport Services

  • Three cluster continuous replication (CCR) clusters (a total of 6 physical servers)

    Note

    Customers looking for a lower-TCO, lower-SLA solution could run five local continuous replication (LCR) servers instead.

  • Two Active Directory directory service Domain Controllers

The following figure shows the architecture for a Middle Tier deployment.

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Figure: Architecture for Middle Tier deployment