http://blogs.msdn.com/gregmcb/archive/2008/04/23/decisions-about-when-to-use-a-farm-web-application-content-database-or-site-collection.aspxI wanted to say a few things that may help when deciding upon when a Farm, Web Application, Content Database and Site Collection are necessary. For the purposes of this discussion I am defining a Large organization as any organization implementing a mediumen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)