idea - looking for input

[Nate Klingenstein]

I think it would be valuable.  You might hijack this page for the work:

https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/IdPProdLoadTestResults

On Oct 23, 2013, at 20:42 , Kevin P. Foote wrote:

> 
> Some recent shib-list threads and comments hatched this idea.. so 
> bare with me. (if it sucks so be it :)
> 
> Seems clustering is a normal topic here - as seen in the archives. We 
> all have varying ideas to its usefulness and what technologies work 
> best if its used etc.
> 
> It seems that this can be a pain spot or at least a hurdle to those 
> new to the product. Do they need to run a cluster? If I don't have
> multiple servers how many logins can this service handle?
> 
> I'm wondering if it would be helpful to have a page on the wiki where 
> those running an active IdP and interested could add a description 
> of their IdP configurations. The main idea being to give a new individual 
> a gauge of where to start HW/service wise.
> 
> 
> Something to the effect of
> 
> Name: someu.edu
> IdPLogins/day: 50000
> Hardware/VM: vm, 
> OS: rhel5, 
> Memory: 4g, 
> Cluster: yes, 
> IdP-Nodes: 2,
> Clustering Method: memcache, 
> SSL Offload: yes, 
> Loadbalancer: hardware yes,
> 
> 
> Again just an idea... I know much of this is live and learn as well 
> as dependent on userbase / environment.
> 
> ------
> thanks
>  kevin.foote
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