Standard distributed scenario
In a typical distributed installation scenario, you install the FileNet® P8 platform components on a system of networked servers. You can install some components as stand-alone applications, or install multiple instances of a single component.
In a standard distributed environment, you install FileNet P8 on a number of servers, according to the way you plan to use your system. This configuration model can vary from a simple system with one stand-alone component per server to a complex system with multiple instances, virtual servers, and managed deployments.
Most FileNet P8 platform components work with middleware applications such as web application servers, databases, and directory service applications. This guide provides additional considerations and preparation tasks by role for the administrators of these middleware applications. For details on which types and versions of these applications work together in a FileNet P8 platform environment, see the Software Product Compatibility Reports.
You can choose to collocate some FileNet P8 platform components. For details on collocation decisions, see the Software Product Compatibility Reports.
If you plan to use related add-on products with your FileNet P8 platform environment, review the installation documentation for the add-ons before you install and configure FileNet P8 .
Creating multiple instances of FileNet P8 platform components
You can install or deploy multiple instances of Content Platform Engine on a single web application server.
Using multiple instances of Content Platform Engine means that you can provide a different repository of content for different areas within an organization. For example, you could create an instance for use by a Research and Development group, and create a separate instance for use by a Human Resources group.