Anyone
have any information on SIZING an enterprise CA?
I
found this for hardware and database size, But what about number of
certificates granted per CA server? Is there a Max per
server?
Hardware Configuration Guidelines
Certificates and certificate publication involve many variables, so hardware configuration guidelines must be general. Table 1 provides a basic guide to sizing Certificate Services.
Table 1 General hardware configuration guidelines for Certificate Services
| Service
Size |
Minimum Physical
Memory |
Recommended Physical
Memory |
Expected Database
Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 10 KB
certificates |
64 MB |
128 MB |
Up to 200 KB |
| 10 KB–100 KB
certificates |
128 MB |
256 MB |
200 KB–2 GB |
| 100 KB–1 MB
certificates |
256 MB |
512 MB |
2 GB–20 GB |
Database size is 1 KB–20 KB (kilobyte) per request.
