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In this movie we will have a look at the minimum requirements needed for running FileMaker Server and FileMaker Server Advanced. At this time there are no published guidelines for Server 10 except for operating system limitations so we're going to base ourselves on best practices and experience. FileMaker traditionally has made the distinction between low-end and high-end deployments with 50 users being the cutoff. The main difference between the two types of deployments being the operating systems and memory requirements. As bigger deployments with hundreds of users now becoming possible, a different set of requirements will no doubt be developed in the near future. We will talk more about these requirements in the best practices videos. When it comes to memory, everyone will agree that the minimum stated here is really on the low side. The footprint on the hard disk of the FileMaker Server installer itself is minimal and likely not very relevant on any machine. But be careful with the log files and backups as these can eat up a lot of that hard disk space. We'll talk about backup strategies for both the files and logs to make this more manageable. When you want to use the web publishing in FileMaker Server, you will also require a web server. Now, that web server can be on the same machine as the FileMaker Server but it doesn't need to be. The web server needs to have IIS configured on Windows and Apache on OS X. The main differences between Server 10 and the previous version are in the operating system requirements. As you can see, Windows XP is not a supported platform any more. It has been replaced by Vista. Server 2000 has also been dropped and the brand-new Server 2008 platform has been added. Similarly on OS X, support for 10.3 has given way to support for 10.5. FileMaker Server relies heavily on the Java runtime environment. For OS X Version 5 of that, Java runtime environment is required and for Windows the same version, although Version 6 is recommended. On Windows as part of the FileMaker Server installation, Apple Bonjour is installed as well. The minimum version here is 10.0.5. So what happens if you try and install and run FileMaker Server on a machine that does not meet these requirements? Well, it may not install at all. The installation may or may not fail but even if you do get it installed, there could be issues with how FileMaker Server functions. Some of the reported problems are not being able to launch the service, not being able to stop it and problems with backups and a whole slew of other issues. The requirements as listed here are really the bare minimum. I would venture to say that a good deployment needs more than this.