SharePoint Server Architecture

Overview:

This guide details the SharePoint Architecture on Lab environments. It does not include Pre-Production or Production environments.

SharePoint Three Tiers Architecture:

SharePoint fundamentally a three-tiered application Web, Application and Data tier.

The web tier will have server or servers running in Windows server Internet Information Services (IIS) which responds to end user request for information and deliver the content to the user.

The Application tier the Service Application tier where various service applications runs and that are shared between farm members. List of applications like search service application, Managed Metadata Service, User Profile Synchronization Service etc.

The third tier is the database tier which runs SQL Server and that stores all content within a SharePoint environment.

SharePoint 2010 Hardware and Software Configuration Requirements:

Component	Requirement
Framework	SQL Server Setup installs the following software components required by the product: ·         .NET Framework 4.0 SP1 ·         SQL Server Native Client ·         SQL Server Setup support files
Software	Windows Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager version 9.0 SharePoint 2010 SP1
Network Software	Network software requirements for the 64-bit versions of SQL Server 2008 R2 are the same as the requirements for the 32-bit versions. Supported operating systems have built-in network software. Stand-alone named and default instances support the following network protocols: ·         Shared memory ·         Named Pipes ·         TCP/IP ·         VIA
Virtualization	Not applicable.
Internet Software	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or a later version is required for all installations of SQL Server 2008 R2. Internet Explorer 6 SP1.
Memory	16 GB (SharePoint Servers), 64 GB RAM for SQL 01, 128 GB RAM for SQL 02
Hard Disk	C:  x GB  Operating System D:  x GB  Applications (*** Only on SharePoint servers) G:  x GB  Applications (*** Only on SQL Servers) H:  x GB  SQL Data (*** Only on SQL Servers) I:    x GB SQL Data (***Only on the Cube SQL Servers) O:  x GB  SQL Logs (*** Only on SQL Servers) T:   x GB  TempDB (*** Only on SQL Servers)
Drive	A CD or DVD drive, as appropriate, is required for installation from disc.
Display	SQL Server 2008 R2 graphical tools require Super VGA or higher resolution: at least 800x600 pixel resolution.
Other Devices	Pointing device: A Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device is required.

Note:

We can set up a farm by installing everything related to SharePoint 2010 in a single server.

But in some production farm, SQL Server runs on a separate server and can have multiple front end web servers.