A complete Radiator/RAdmin system consists of 3 largely independent
components:
- Radiator, running on a “Radiator Host”
- SQL Server, running on a “SQL Host”
- RAdmin and a web server, running on a “RAdmin host”
These 3 components may all be installed on a single computer, or
installed on 2 or 3 separate computers. You will need to decide how to
deploy these 3 components on the computers in your network. Some of the
factors that could influence your decision may be:
- Available hardware and performance
- Available SQL server licenses and costs
- The architecture of your network, especially with respect to
firewalls
- The size of your user population
For a small user population (say 1000 or less), it is common to run all
3 components on the one computer (i.e. Radiator Host, SQL Host and RAdmin
Host are all the same computer). For very large user populations it is
common to run a separate SQL Host, a RAdmin Host, and multiple Radiator
Hosts.
