Avoid using farm admin for testing - it does not benefit caching. The reason of this is that farm admin is treated as a system account. In general, it is not recommended to use a system account (be it farm admin or others) for testing end user functionality, cause you often find that the system account has limited access to sites in many areas by default. Thanks to Mutaz, clarifying such behavior.

When you start new SharePoint project it's very important to understand the size of a farm you are planning to end up, because it impacts on : SharePoint farm topology SQL Server hardware Staff needs Capacity planning SharePoint Farm Topology size There are 3 farms topologies, you choose between - Small, Medium and Large. Your farm topology choice is usually dictated by the number of users and content your plan to use inside SharePoint. They recommend the following va...