[FX.php List] Setup Question

[Greg Lane]

It's difficult to give any useful recommendations without knowing  
more about your application and goals. I'm assuming you're using  
FMSA8? If your website has any value without access to the FM data  
then you may want to consider another scenario (this could be the  
same as your scenario 1, but it isn't clear):

3:
Server 1--web server w/ FX.php located at web host
Server 2--server with IIS (Win) or Apache (Mac) and FMSA (WSM, WPE,  
and FMS) located at office

In this scenario, your public-facing web server can take advantage of  
the larger bandwidth and redundancy provided by your web host. If  
Server 2 is ever unavailable, Server 1 can continue to host the  
static parts of your site and possibly cached data as well. If Server  
2's performance is a problem, you can separate its pieces into a two  
or three server configuration.

In general, I wouldn't consider geographically separating the machine  
with WPE and the machine with FMS. They should be on the same local  
network, if not the same machine.

There are a lot of other factors to consider, such as number of FMP  
users at the office, number of IWP users, number and frequency of web  
users, size of FM data being retrieved by FX.php, etc. The  
performance and reliability of the office's Internet connection is  
also very important.

Greg

On May 4, 2006, at 4:41 PM, Tom Sepper wrote:

> Okay guys & gals.. Here's a question up for debate.  Two scenarios:
>
> 1:
> Web Server w/ FX.php located at Web host
> FileMaker Pro server located at Office
>
> 2:
> Web Server w/ FX.php located at Office
> FileMaker Pro server located at Office
>
> Which does everyone think is the optimum setup?  I see pros and  
> cons for each.