Before installing Sybase Search, you should decide what hardware is required. Consider the following questions when determining hardware requirements:
Approximately how many documents are likely to be indexed?
Approximately how many users are likely to access the system concurrently?
What are your performance targets?
Depending on the hardware specifications, Sybase recommends that you plan for one server per 500,000 documents indexed, with an additional server for the Sybase Search Hub. For example, estimating 2 million documents to be indexed would require five servers. For smaller installations, it may be sufficient to install both the Hub and other modules on one server.
