Plan the topology for enterprise search (SharePoint Server 2010)

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

Summary: Use the resources in this article to plan server farms, multi-tenancy environments, search system architecture and topologies, and capacity.

This article lists resources that you can use to help you plan a search topology for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. These resources include information about how to plan server farms and topologies, search architectures, governance, and capacity.

The following resources can help you plan a search topology:

• Performance and capacity test results and recommendations (SharePoint Server 2010) This white paper helps you plan for performance and capacity for SharePoint Server 2010.

• White paper: SharePoint 2010 for hosters (SharePoint Server 2010) This white paper helps you plan the multi-tenancy requirements in a hosted environment.

• Search Environment Planning for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=167736) This technical diagram describes primary architecture design decisions for search environments.

• Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=167739) This technical diagram details the physical and logical architecture components that make up a search system and shows common search architectures.

• Design Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=167742) This technical diagram describes initial design steps to determine a basic design for a SharePoint Server 2010 search architecture.

See Also

Concepts

Gather information about the current search environment (SharePoint Server 2010)
Determine the enterprise search team and stakeholders (SharePoint Server 2010)
Plan for crawling and federation (SharePoint Server 2010)