IBM Content Search Services distributed installation scenario

In a typical distributed installation scenario you can install IBM Content Search Services. You can also install IBM Content Search Services to run with supported custom applications that use IBM FileNetĀ® P8 Platform development tools to operate.

Single instance single server deployment
When you deploy a single instance of IBM Content Search Services on a single server, you must configure your IBM Content Search Services server for mixed mode (indexing and searching).
Multiple instance single server deployment
You can deploy multiple instances of IBM Content Search Services on a single server for load balancing and performance. You can configure each instance of IBM Content Search Services for mixed mode (indexing and searching) or dedicated mode (indexing or searching) to maximize your processing requirements.
Multiple instance multiple server deployment
You can deploy multiple instances of IBM Content Search Services on multiple servers in a farm configuration for load balancing, performance and high availability. For high availability, you need to ensure that there are multiple instances running with mixed mode (indexing and searching) on multiple servers. For dedicated mode (indexing or searching), you need to ensure that you have a pair of instances for each mode.