Administrator’s Guide (Windows)

Appendix A: Technical specifications and optimization
This appendix lists technical issues to consider when you use
FileMaker Pro Server. It also discusses:
1 hardware and network optimization
1 using FileMaker Pro Server with other software
1 performance tips
1 the FileMaker Pro Server log file
1 troubleshooting
Limits for files and usage
Item Limitation
Number of files hosted by
FileMaker Pro Server
Maximum of 100 files depending on Allow a
maximum of files
setting in the FileMaker Pro Server
control panel (other network applications may limit
this number). See “Performance and usage tips” on
page A-2 for more information.
Number of files open at the
same time
Maximum of 50 per FileMaker Pro guest
Number of network users per file Maximum of 100 guests depending on Allow a
maximum of guests
setting in the FileMaker Pro
Server control panel (other network applications may
limit this number). See “Performance and usage tips”
on page A-2 for more information.
File size Maximum of 2 GB (gigabytes) per file. The combined
size of all open files is limited only by disk space.
Length of host name (in
FileMaker Pro Server control panel)
Maximum of 31 characters
Length of FileMaker Pro Server
password (in FileMaker Pro Server
control panel)
Maximum of 31 characters
Length of file name Maximum of 255 characters on Windows NT.
Maximum of 31 characters on Mac OS.