Standby Server in testing

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In the live stream today Rick looked for people to test an upcoming feature in FileMaker Server:

Claris ETS for FileMaker

FileMaker Standby Server!

  1. First Time Ever, High availability and Minimal > Downtime
  2. WARM Standby with Failover - keeps solutions resilient and ready
  3. New level of reliability that safeguards mission-critical solutions
  4. Available on Mac, Windows, Ubuntu

ets@claris.com

So if you have two spare servers, please send them an email to apply and try it!

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First time ever? I do recall this being attempted a few years back :slight_smile:

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Yes, but this time the implementation is more robust as far as I know.
We'll see.

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Yes, a wonderful vision that was promised but disappeared without a trace. Let's be positive and hope this time it works.

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Yesterday I installed FMS V22 (2025), and surprisingly the Standby Server Option was present ! How come since it is in ETS ?

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Really? Screenshot of that ? You’re absolutely sure it’s not the ETS version ?

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First time ever? I do recall this being attempted a few years back :slight_smile:

Yes, if I recall correctly, it was Rick who pulled the power from a Mac Mini running FMS to demo that at DevCon in… 2014? :rofl:

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You can learn more by watching Rick and Richard talking about it in the first 10 minutes of this video:

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