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5 Scaling Your Deployment 5-1 5 Scaling Your Deployment This chapter describes how to manage the capacity of your deployment. By default for an Enterprise Install or Software Only Install type, the Oracle Business Intelligence components are installed in a cluster configuration and are scalable. The Simple Install type does not support scaling. User Web requests can be directed to one of many Oracle BI Presentation Services components. In turn, each Presentation Services component can take advantage of the availability of multiple Oracle BI Servers. You can expand or reduce the capacity of the system by adjusting the number of processes available to the cluster. Increasing or decreasing the capacity of a system by making effective use of resources is known as scalability. A scalable system can handle increasing numbers of requests without adversely affecting response time and throughput. This chapter includes the following topics: ■ Section 5.1, About Scaling Oracle Business Intelligence ■ Section 5.2, Vertically Scaling Oracle Business Intelligence ■ Section 5.3, Horizontally Scaling Oracle Business Intelligence ■ Section 5.4, Setting Up Shared Files and Directories ■ Section 5.5, Using Fusion Middleware Control to Scale System Components ■ Section 5.6, Validating That Your System Has Been Scaled Correctly

5.1 About Scaling Oracle Business Intelligence

Scaling is the process of increasing or decreasing the capacity of the system by changing the number of processes available to service requests from Oracle Business Intelligence clients. Scaling out a system provides additional capacity, while scaling in a system reduces capacity. Scaling is also a critical part of configuring a deployment for high availability. Scaling the Oracle Business Intelligence environment applies principally to resource-intensive system processes and Java components. When you deploy more processes, Oracle Business Intelligence can handle more requests while staying responsive to requests. Note: Because the Simple Install type deploys Oracle Business Intelligence components in the Administration Server, you cannot scale out a deployment that is based on the Simple Install type. Use an Enterprise Install or Software Only Install type for production deployments.