Which deployment type is right for me?

The type of deployment you should use depends primarily on the web publishing load, as summarized in the table below. For a greater web publishing load, you may want to use two machines in your FileMaker Server deployment. You can first deploy on one machine and, if the load increases over time, you can change the deployment later to use two machines.

If you're considering a two-machine deployment or want complete details on deploying FileMaker Server, see FileMaker Server Getting Started Guide on the Start Page.


FileMaker Server use	Deployment type
FileMaker clients only	Single machine. No benefit from a two-machine deployment.
Solution development and testing	Single machine. No benefit from a two-machine deployment.
FileMaker clients and moderate web publishing load	Single machine. Provides good web-publishing performance in most environments. You can expand to a two-machine deployment later, if the web publishing load increases. Even with a single machine, you need to install the web server on the single machine.
FileMaker clients and heavy web publishing load	Two machines. Deploy the Database Server on the master machine. Deploy the Web Publishing Engine, Web Server Module, and web server on a worker machine.