Administrator’s Guide (Mac OS)

Welcome to FileMaker Pro Server
Welcome to the FileMaker
®
Pro Server application from Claris Corporation.
FileMaker Pro Server gives you enhanced file sharing capabilities on your
network when used in conjunction with the FileMaker Pro 3.0 database
management application, also from Claris.
Introducing FileMaker Pro Server
You’ve always been able to share database files in FileMaker Pro using a
peer-to-peer sharing scheme with the
Multi-User command. Now you can use
the FileMaker Pro Server application as a
dedicated host to open
FileMaker Pro files and make them available to FileMaker Pro 3.0 guests on
your network. FileMaker Pro Server acts only as a host, and uses advanced
client/server technology to take care of much of the background work
associated with managing files, thereby enhancing performance for
FileMaker Pro guests accessing those files.
FileMaker Pro Server also increases the number of simultaneous
FileMaker Pro guests that can access a database file over a network from 25
to 100. See appendix A, “Technical specifications and optimization,” for
more information.
Note This guide assumes you’re familiar with general database concepts as
well as the basics of FileMaker Pro. If you’re not, refer to the
FileMaker Pro
User’s Guide
, especially the first two chapters, for more information.
How does FileMaker Pro Server work?
The FileMaker Pro Server application is a tool to use with FileMaker Pro 3.0
in a network environment to:
1 enhance the guests’ performance
1 increase the number of FileMaker Pro guests who can connect to a file
hosted by FileMaker Pro Server
1 increase the number of files that can be hosted on FileMaker Pro network
1 host files in more than one network protocol simultaneously