The sizing of the overall system is determined by the following considerations:
- Number of connected users
- Factories managed
- Number and type of devices
- Telemetry and Machine Vision data ingest and retention rates
- Real-time and historical analytics operations
- Size of datasets
- Single or combination of ISV applications
- Near edge and far edge deployments
- Data transfer rates
Also, the system workload profile may change over time, and companies must consider future growth, as well as policies and procedures to meet those demands, by scaling the system. All these factors are described in Accelerated Time to Value.