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title: "Role scaling and configuration"
slug: "role-scaling-and-configuration"
abstract: "Overview of Sitecore role scaling and configuration options including system requirements and deployment options."
---
# Role scaling and configuration

This guide describes how to scale and configure the Sitecore Experience Platform, including:

- [Hardware and software requirements](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/hardware-and-software-requirements.html "Hardware and software requirements").
- [Default topologies](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/default-topologies.html "Default topologies") and [deployment options](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/deployment-options.html "Deployment options").
- [Scaling options for each role](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-options.html "Scaling options").
- [Role configuration tasks](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/role-scaling-and-configuration-tasks.html "Role scaling and configuration tasks").
- [Running Sitecore without the xDB](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/running-sitecore-without-the-xdb.html "Running Sitecore without the xDB").