Three-machine setup

This second configuration divides the Crystal Enterprise processing load in a logical manner, based on the types of work performed by each server. In this way, you prevent the server components from having to compete with each other for the same hardware and processing resources. In addition, this scenario prepares your system for further expansion to provide redundancy.

Note:    It is recommended that you use three multi-processor machines (dual-CPU or better), with at least 2 GB RAM installed on each machine.

These are the general steps to setting up this configuration for the default Windows installation of Crystal Enterprise:

• Install the CMS and the Event Server on one machine.

  Tip:    Here, the Event Server is installed on the same machine as the CMS. In general, however, the Event Server should be installed on the machine where your monitored, file-based events occur.

• Install the WCS and the Cache Server on the second machine.
• Install the Page Server, the Job Server, the Report Application Server (RAS), and the Input and Output File Repository Servers on the third machine.

For a UNIX installation (or for a Windows installation that uses the Crystal Enterprise Java SDK), install the Java web application server and the Web Component Adapter on the same machine as your Cache Server.

Note:    As with the one-machine setup, install your Crystal Enterprise servers on machines that are separate from your web server and database servers. This grants the Crystal Enterprise servers their own set of processing resources, which they do not have to share with database and web server processes.

Related topics

• Common configurations