Filemaker Pro 17 System Requirements

[Miss Ruhnke]

Im considering server/hosting options for some of my customers who currently use FileMaker's peer-to-peer networking. These are typically 2-3 users (just a single user in one case) who may have used this type of networking for many years.

The FileMaker Server 18 minimum requirements include 8GB RAM and a hard drive of 100GB or more (with a minimum of 50GB free). It seems FileMaker hosting companies typically offer dedicated (virtual) servers with far lower specifications, for their basic plans - eg 4GB RAM with SSD drives from 30GB. I think many such companies offer a good service, often based on many years' experience of FMS hosting.

I have a copy of FMS 18 installed on some cheap hosting, for testing purposes: Windows Server 16 Standard, 2GB RAM, 40GB SSD. I have done only very limited testing: continually sorting large numbers of records on two computers connected to the server (ie constant progress bars). This doesn't have a great deal of impact on CPU usage and RAM usage stays at about 55%.

I would be interested to hear of others' experience and advice regarding practical minimum requirements - in cases like these. (My intention is not to start a discussion about the merits or otherwise of peer-to-peer networking.)

I wouldn't go below 8GB of RAM, I've seen instances where FMS wouldn't even launch when there is not enough RAM or processing power (and 2GB of RAM is very marginal).

Disk space is totally dependent on your own requirements (size of the solution, # of backup sets,...).

The FileMaker hosting company I've used includes 4GB RAM with their basic package (as I mentioned, I think this is pretty standard). Obviously, it depends on the solution and number of users etc. but this does seem to be perfectly adequate in some cases.

I was surprised that 2GB RAM would work at all, but I've been using this server off and on for a few weeks, and it seems to work fine - mainly with just a single user, and a fairly complex solution. I intended to start with the lowest package available and to add resources as necessary, to discover what the real minimum specifications would be. As it is, I've just left it at the minimum.

A number of years ago, I asked some FMI engineers about this and offered the thought that there is a downside to recommending a minimum that might sometime be too high. I did not get an official response, although I might have provided food for thought in the spirit of brainstorming.

Yes, I expect 4GB would be sufficient. For my own purposes - for testing - I'll probably stick with my cheap hosting package, with its 2GB RAM. There's something to be said for testing on a very low-spec machine - and it actually performs pretty well.

I'm sure this is true but I think it would be more useful if the minimum space requirements were just that - rather than some theoretical figure based on having a large solution with a week's worth of backups etc..

To someone new to the somewhat esoteric world of FileMaker, it might seem odd that the technical specifications are not very technical (nor very useful) - or even more odd that FileMaker Server requires at least 50GB of free disk space. Compare Microsoft's detailed specifications for SQL Server, which apparently has very modest minimum requirements, compared to FileMaker Server's: 6GB of free disk space and 1GB RAM.

One way that you can prevent the growth of backup from bringing your system down is to have backup directed only to volumes other than the boot volume and/or the volume on which FileMaker Server is installed. If a backup requires more space that what is available, FileMaker Server will remove the earliest back up and (if configured), send a notification email.

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