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Table Of Contents
- FileMaker Server 9 Help
- About FileMaker Server
- New features in FileMaker Server 9
- Deploying FileMaker Server
- Starting Admin Console
- Hosting databases
- Hosting websites
- Starting and stopping FileMaker Server
- Configuring general settings
- Configuring Database Server settings
- Configuring web publishing settings
- Administering clients
- Administering databases
- Using ODBC and JDBC with FileMaker Server
- Monitoring FileMaker Server
- Managing plug-ins
- Securing your data
- Scheduling administrative tasks
- Troubleshooting
- Checking for updates
- About the license key
- Command line reference
- Glossary
- Registration
- Customer support and Knowledge Base
- Copyright information
Troubleshooting Improving performance
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Improving performance
For best performance, FileMaker Server should be run on a dedicated machine 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
software or heavy network traffic on the same machine will cause FileMaker Server to run more
slowly and degrade the performance of FileMaker Pro on client machines.
• Avoid installing FileMaker Server on a machine that is a user’s primary workstation or
network file server.
• You cannot run two different versions of FileMaker Server on the same machine at the
same time.
• Avoid using the machine running FileMaker Server as an email, print, or file server.
• Do not use system backup
software to back up databases hosted by FileMaker Server.
Instead use the FileMaker Server Admin Console to schedule
backups of databases.
• Do not use anti-virus software to scan the folders that contain hosted database files.
• Disable screen savers and sleep
(or hibernate and standby) mode on the server. These OS
features reduce performance or suspend access to hosted databases.
• Use a fast hard disk.
• Turn off file indexing (on Windows, Indexing Service; on Mac OS, Spotlight; or on any other
third party file indexing software). This feature reduces performance.
• If you have a large number of FileMaker Pro and Web Publishing clients, consider switching
to a multiple-machine deployment
.
Note Because some DHCP servers cycle IP addresses
, FileMaker recommends using a static IP
address.
Related topic
Troubleshooting (page 156)