How to recognize a server in a SharePoint server farm?

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Hi All, In a SharePoint server farm - how to recognize a server is WFE server or APP server ? -Regards,

Abhijeet Jadhav · Answer

Hi Nagabhushana, Allocation of the server depends on the purpose of the SharePoint Farm and sites created on it. E.g: If there is a requirement of search driven application, you would need to allocate multiple app servers to host search service application and configure search components. There are multiple factors that affect the capacity planning and server role allocation. Performance is affected by the server hardware, the enduser hardware, the concurrency rate of site users, the throughput rate required, the response standards an organization deems acceptable etc. There is always tradeoff between performance Vs cost for acceptable throughput. To summarize , as the number of users grows you add more WFE's and configure Network load balancer(NLB) whereas if performance of the services degrade add additional App servers.

Nagabhushana Bs · Answer

Thank you Abhijeet. Thanks for the immediate response.

Nagabhushana Bs · Answer

Thank you Abhijeet.

Abhijeet Jadhav · Answer

WFE server is where - Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application service is running. Typically this server has very less services running. App Server will not talk to the user, it handles all the services in the background. Go to Central Admin --> Application Management --> Service Applications -->Manage services on Server to check the services

Nagabhushana Bs · Answer

Hi Abhijeet, It's done. But it allows for only one response. -Thanks,

Nagabhushana Bs · Answer

Hi Abhijeet, i have one more small question. While installation / configuration of servers (APP & WFE) in a SP-farm - how do we allocate this server is for APP and this server is for WFE ? -Thanks,

How to recognize a server in a SharePoint server farm?

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