Let's assume that our Appian instance is going to manage several processes which are basically poller, doing these tasks:
Let's say that we have:
In conclusion, we have something like 55 processes, let's round them to 60, which are doing the tasks listed above. Is this setup critical in terms of performance and system reliability ?
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As the others have mentioned, it is not truly the number, but instead their footprint. Keep your processes light and archive as soon as possible. Keep your processes light by reducing nodes, chaining, PVs, etc.