Two FMS deployments on the same network?

[theusualsuspect]

I'm reaching the 125 database limit of filemaker server, so I need to deploy a second and was hoping I can do that on the same network and just change the default ports. But I must be missing something because I'm not able to bring up the admin console after installation. I think it has to do with a conflict on port 5003, but I'm not sure. (FYI the databases don't have to talk to each other - they are all silo'd) 

My question is this - is there a way to run more than one filmmaker server deployment on the same network? If not, my only thought would be to create a virtual network with my router, but I don't want to go through the trouble if I don't have to. Any advice? Thanks in advance!

[webko]

We run 8 FileMaker Servers, all on different machines - there should be no issue doing so...

[Wim Decorte]

Do you need both servers to be available from outside the network? 

[theusualsuspect]

47 minutes ago, Wim Decorte said:

Do you need both servers to be available from outside the network? 

I do. I was able to get the second deployment up and running, but it looks like I have to assign a different port for our web direct clients. I made the second machine listen to port 8080 (80 is server #1), and it works so far, it's just a little clunky to have to enter port numbers in the url. but at least so far, I'm happy that I don't have to create a vlan to run two servers!

[Wim Decorte]

You can probably do some DNS fiddling and set up a separate domain name for the 2nd web connection so that it redirects properly behinds the scenes.  That would save the users from having to remember to use a port number.

Or use a VPN connection first...

[theusualsuspect]

Yeah, I'm thinking it's a good idea to configure an htaccess file to redirect to the appropriate server for each user. Will be nice to have the option to move databases between servers if necessary and just update the redirect instead of giving users a new link. Thanks so much for your help!