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Deploying FileMaker Server Which deployment type is right for me?
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Which deployment type is right for me?
The type of deployment you should use depends primarily on the web publishing load, as
summarized below. The greater the web publishing load, the more machines you may want to
include in your FileMaker Server deployment. You can first deploy on fewer machines and, if the
load increases over time, you can change the deployment later to use up to three machines.
If you're considering a multiple-machine deployment, three variations give you the flexibility to
decide which components are on each machine. For details, see F
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Related topics
Deploying FileMaker Server (page 11)
Selecting a deployment type
(page 18)
Assigning worker machine roles
(page 19)
FileMaker Server use Deployment type
FileMaker Pro
clients only Single machine. No benefit from a multiple-machine deployment.
Solution development and
testing
Single machine. No benefit from a multiple-machine deployment.
FileMaker Pro clients and
moderate web publishing
load
Single machine. Provides good web publishing performance in
most environments. You can expand to a multiple-machine
deployment later, if web publishing load increases.
Two machines (alternative). Available when you need to integrate
with an existing web server
on a separate machine.
Moderate to heavy web
publishing load
Multiple machines. You can expand from two to three machines as
load increases.
FileMaker Pro clients and
heavy web publishing load
Multiple machines. Deploy only the Database Server
on the master
machine. Deploy the Web Publishing Engine
and web server on
one or two worker
machines.
Three machines. Select this only when you:
• Need to combine the performance improvement of the two-
machine deployment with separate web server offered by
the two-machine (alternative) deployment type.
• Expect a high volume of static web traffic in addition to
FileMaker Pro and dynamic web publishing traffic.