Performance Considerations

Excel Services is designed to scale from a single-server installation up to an enterprise environment with multiple load-balanced servers. The flexibility in the Excel Services deployment model allows servers to be added to the server farm as the demand for Excel calculation processing grows.

Scaling Excel Services

For many organizations, the responsiveness and performance of Excel Services are critical factors in the deployment of the technology to the enterprise. Depending on the size, complexity, and number of workbooks hosted in Excel Services, a single application server might not be sufficient to meet your service level objectives. The component-based architecture of Excel Services allows you to allocate services ...

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