Under the SharePoint Technology section there should be a forum specifically dedicated to SharePoint architecture. There are a lot of question concerning how to architect SharePoint, ie how many front ends, application servers, replication, etc, that could be answered in this forum.
Robert Stark
MCTS - MOSS 2007 Configuration
MCTS - WSS 3.0 Configuration
MCTS - WSS 3.0 Development
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