Administrator’s Guide

Chapter 2
Installing FileMaker Server
This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for installing
FileMaker
Server, FileMaker Server Admin, and associated files on
a computer running Windows or Mac
OS.
If you’re installing FileMaker Server Advanced software, installation
instructions for the Web Publishing Engine and ODBC and JDBC
support are described in the following manuals:
1 FileMaker Server Advanced Web Publishing Installation Guide
1 Installing FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Client Drivers
Hardware and software requirements
FileMaker Server should be run on a dedicated computer reserved
for use as a database server. When FileMaker
Server is hosting many
clients or a large number of database files, it uses a high level of
processor, hard disk, and network capacity. Other processor-
intensive applications (for example, web server or disk backup
software) or heavy network traffic on the same computer will cause
FileMaker
Server to run more slowly and degrade the performance
of FileMaker
Pro on client computers.
Notes
1 Avoid installing FileMaker Server on a computer that is a user’s
primary workstation or network file server.
1 Do not enable the operating system (OS) file sharing feature on the
computer running FileMaker
Server, or use OS file sharing to share
FileMaker
Pro files.
Windows requirements
Minimum requirements for 1-50 clients
1 Intel-compatible PC with a Pentium III 1Ghz processor
1 256 MB of installed RAM
1 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition or Windows 2000 Server
(with Service Pack 4) operating system
1 hard disk with at least 1 GB of available disk space. Be sure to
allow additional space for the database files you intend to host, which
must be located on the same disk as the FileMaker
Server
application.
1 login account with administrative privileges for installing
FileMaker
Server
1 CD or DVD drive
Minimum requirements for more than 50 clients
1 Intel-compatible PC with a Pentium 4 processor
1 512 MB of installed RAM (1 GB or more recommended)
1 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition or Windows 2000 Server
(with Service Pack 4) operating system
1 hard disk with at least 1 GB of available disk space. Be sure to
allow additional space for the database files you intend to host, which
must be located on the same disk as the FileMaker
Server
application.
1 login account with administrative privileges for installing
FileMaker
Server
1 CD or DVD drive