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Chapter 9. Installation planning
This chapter provides general guidance for planning the installation of WebSphere
Application Server V8.5 and many of its components. To effectively plan an installation, you
need to select a topology, hardware, and operating system, and prepare your environment for
WebSphere Application Server installation.
This chapter includes the following sections:
Installation features in WebSphere Application Server V8.5
Selecting a topology
Selecting hardware and operating systems
Planning for disk space and directories
Naming conventions
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