Instant Web Publishing requires one, two or three servers !!!

In order to determine optimum IWP setup careful consideration is required based upon a number of important factors.

We therefore detail below extracts from FileMaker’s Technology Brief: How to benefit from powerful new Web Publishing capabilities which outlines why a mult-server might be required.

Technology Brief download.

The permutation of recommended server configurations for IWP is vast and perhaps, seems confusing. Therefore, we strongly recommend that customers who are considering IWP deployment call our office and speak with one of our technicians.

FileMaker Server 7 Advanced Hardware Configuration Options

In addition to handling http requests differently, there are also numerous possible combinations for deploying web publishing applications with FileMaker Server 7 Advanced. In previous incarnations of FileMaker web publishing all transactions from the web relied on a client version of FileMaker (Pro or Unlimited) in order to process requests from the web or web server. Since those applications were ‘single threaded’ applications, only one request at a time could be processed. This meant that when just one application was being used, only one web serving, database serving or CGI request could be handled at any one time.

Now, the new FileMaker Server 7 Advanced allows ALL web serving to be done directly through the ‘multithreaded’ server to give web published solutions the ability to process multiple, concurrent requests from the web with help from an industrial class web server. This advancement is perhaps the most significant improvement in FileMaker web publishing history.

In addition to the improved web publishing performance, the web server application and Web Publishing Engine can now take advantage of the processors and memory on one, two or three server-grade machines in order to optimize performance for web published solutions. Depending on the needs of the web published solution; different configuration methods can be used to optimize the performance accordingly.

The following are recommended / supported configurations using one to three machines.

One-Machine Configuration
Two-Machine Configuration A
Two-Machine Configuration B
Three-Machine Configuration