Hi all,
Before choosing which infrastructure that should support your Project Server 2013 deployment, you should always start by defining the business requirements followed by the needed customization and configuration. This would lead to fit/gap analysis where you are then able to compare needs against Microsofts recommendations in terms of hardware/farmsize.
Below you can see a table comparing configuration against small, medium and large datasets. This information can of course also be found on Technet (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp161198(v=office.15).aspx)
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Entity
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Small | Medium | Large | |
| Projects | 20 | 100 | 5000 | |
| Project Sites | 20 | 100 | 5000 | |
| % Projects in Managed Mode | 0% | 10% | 80% | |
| Tasks | 1250 | 25000 | 1250000 | |
| Average Tasks Per Project | 62.5 | 250 | 250 | |
| Task Transaction History | 10 | 10 | 100 | |
| Assignments | 1625 | 32500 | 1625000 | |
| Average Assignments Per Task | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |
| Average Tasks per My Site User | 50 | 250 | 5000 | |
| Approvals | 5 | 50 | 600 | |
| Resources | 50 | 1000 | 10000 | |
| Average Resources Per Project | 2.5 | 10 | 2 | |
| Average Assignments Per Resource | 32.5 | 32.5 | 162.5 | |
| Users | 50 | 1000 | 10000 | |
| Calendars | 3 | 26 | 100 | |
| Issues | 20 | 400 | 20000 | |
| Risks | 20 | 400 | 20000 | |
| Deliverables | 20 | 800 | 40000 | |
| Enterprise Project Types | 5 | 50 | ||
| Workflows | 2 | 30 | ||
| Average Projects Per Workflow | 50 | 167 | ||
| Phases | 5 | 50 | ||
| Phases Per Enterprise Project Type | 20 | 20 | ||
| Stages | 15 | 150 | ||
| Stages Per Workflow | 20 | 40 | ||
| PDPs | 10 | 100 | ||
| Custom Fields Per PDP | 10 | 10 | ||
| Number of Departments | 100 | |||
| Average Projects Per Department | 50 | |||
| Average Resources Per Department | 100 | |||
| Timesheets Per Year | 2600 | 52000 | 780000 | |
| Status Reports Per Year | 26000 | 260000 | ||
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| In the dataset size descriptions, the number of custom fields includes only the enterprise custom fields, not department custom fields. Department custom fields have essentially the same effect on the performance of Project Server 2013 as enterprise custom fields do. Therefore, if you have a large number of departmental custom fields (especially at the task level) you will require additional resources to support this. The prescriptions that are made regarding custom fields throughout this document apply to both enterprise custom fields and department custom fields. | ||||