Networked Databases
Setup options
URL-based access
▶ The simplest network arrangement has only one computer running FileMaker Pro with selected database files set for web access. Other machines, up to 5 at a time, may access the database live with either a browser, a palm-top or a cell-phone.
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Local or Wide Area networks
▶ In a simple FileMaker network each computer has its own copy of FileMaker Pro, but only one machine stores the database. This setup allows 5 simultaneous users per file.
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Networked computers all reading and writing to and from the same database files |
 One desktop computer acting as local network server for others |
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Server-based networks
▶ For larger FileMaker networks a dedicated server stores and serves the database using FileMaker Server, a programme which can handle hundreds of users and files at once.
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▶ FileMaker Server Advanced provides increased functionality: most suited to web-based networks with large amounts of traffic, or where server-side functionality is required. It can be run using 1-3 dedicated machines apportioning the load between them.
Landbase can advise and provide installation and follow-up service of all types of FileMaker networks.