{"id":9825,"date":"2009-08-12T13:09:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-29T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=9825"},"modified":"2009-08-12T13:09:00","modified_gmt":"1999-11-29T20:00:00","slug":"operations-manager-2007-r2-sizing-_helper_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=9825","title":{"rendered":"Operations Manager 2007 R2 Sizing _Helper_"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m stressing the word _helper_ on this because there are no guarantees.\u00a0 Sizing is completely site dependent.\u00a0 What\u2019s right in one site might be totally wrong in another similarly sized site.\u00a0 It all depends on activity, failures, configuration, etc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/momteam\/archive\/2009\/08\/12\/operations-manager-2007-r2-sizing-helper.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">OpsMgr 2007 R2 Sizing Helper<\/a> is an interactive document designed to assist you with planning &amp; sizing deployments of Operations Manager 2007 R2. 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