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    Server and Client - One physical server
    Forum post posted December 26, 2008 by MikeyG79, last edited February 9, 2012
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    Server and Client - One physical server
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    Is it possible to run both the FM Server and FM Client on the same physical server?

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    • jensteich
      posted December 26, 2008 by jensteich  Permalink
      Not at the same time.

      Jens
    • MikeyG79
      posted December 26, 2008 by MikeyG79  Permalink

      I just tried it, and it does work.

       

      Thanx 

    • jensteich
      posted December 26, 2008 by jensteich  Permalink
      It is very very bad practice to do so. It slows down the FM server considerably. Avoid such a setup.

      Jens
    • MikeyG79
      posted December 27, 2008 by MikeyG79  Permalink

      That's odd, because the 30 or so people that use our in house 5gig "solution" all day put hardly any load on the server.

      The disk access averages out to about 400KB/s and net at 15 KB/s (the disk access includes backups.) CPU average is less the 5% on a single dual core Xeon.

    • jensteich
      posted December 28, 2008 by jensteich  Permalink
      What do you want to do with the client running on the server?

      Jens
    • MikeyG79
      posted December 29, 2008 by MikeyG79  Permalink

      One machine running FM Server, also used as a terminal server where people run FM Client.

       

      Our work enviroment that I mentioned earlier - FM Server is a virtual machine (1 or 4 on one physical server.) 

    • jensteich
      posted December 29, 2008 by jensteich  Permalink
      FileMaker database files tend to live very long and they are vulnerable to any server interruption. From the view of the FM Server app it is good practice to eliminate any source of possible interruption on the same machine.

      Having a TS on the same physical machine is very problematic and not recommended.

      Try to organize an extra machine for the FM server, the requirements are not that high.

      Jens