FMU Features?

[zhenyasj]

Hi everyone,

I know that FMU doesn't have the restriction on the number of IPs accessing it on the web like FMPro does, but are there any other differences between the two? Is FMU more complicated to use or requires extra drivers and such? I am thinking of using PHP with FX.php module to publish the database. Will I have any problems doing so with FMU?

Thanks,

Eugene

[Steve T.]

Hey, there! Actually, we have FMP-u 5.5 and notice NO difference between it and the standard app. It DID come with Web Server Connector, though, but we don't use it. We had been using FileMaker Pro 4 which had been unlimited out-of-the-box. The limit did not show up until 5 when IMO, FMP Inc. decided to "offer" an unlimited version for much, much more (sigh). --ST

[Anatoli]

FMU is "marketing department version".

Steve is correct -- the only difference is WSC.

[Mariano Peterson]

You should have no problem with FX and FMP. If you're using FX, FMU is unnecessary, as the web companion will only be receiving requests from a single source - the box running PHP.

FMU does have the advantage that it comes with Web Server Connector, which can be used to setup a RAIC of web companions (that way if one web companion goes down, you still have one more others, running on other machines, availble to handle requests). However, you can bypass the need for Web Server Connector if your network switch supports virtual IP addressing - in which case you send requests to the virtual IP configured on the switch, and the switch handles load balancing and fault tolerance between the web companions that you've bound to the virtual IP.

Good luck with it! I've used PHP with FMP for a few different projects now and have been very happy with it. If you have any questions feel free to email me... I don't check this forum regularly.

[Anatoli]

RE: You should have no problem with FX and FMP. If you're using FX, FMU is unnecessary, as the web companion will only be receiving requests from a single source - the box running PHP.

The same is with Lasso, but both cases are against FMI license or FMI may call that unlicensed usage, who knows.

In short -- serving web for more visitors than 10 in 12 hours requires FM4 or FM 5-5.5-6 UNLIMITED.