Kofax Front-Office Server 3.0 - Manual (Page 9)

Kofax Front-Office Server Installation Guide
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Overview
Kofax Front-Office Server enables documents from a variety of sources, including multifunction
peripherals (MFPs), to be delivered to content management systems, email servers, and other
destinations. You can install Kofax Front-Office Server on a single server or in a load-balanced
cluster of multiple servers for maximum scalability and availability. See
Scaling and High
Availability Options for more information.
Types of Kofax Front-Office Server Configurations
You can install Kofax Front-Office Server in the following configurations:
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Departmental: Install Kofax Front-Office Server on a single computer using the embedded
database.
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Enterprise: Install Kofax Front-Office Server on one computer or several computers in a
load-balanced cluster with a Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle database.
Table 1 shows which configuration you would use for the type of Kofax Front-Office Server
system you want to set up.
Scaling and High Availability Options
You can implement a variety of Enterprise options that will provide scalability and high
availability. With an Enterprise installation, there are many load balancing options available. This
section describes two possible options:
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Kofax IIS Components for Kofax Front-Office Server, which integrate the JK load balancer
with IIS (this is the recommended option).
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Microsoft Windows Network Load Balancer (NLB)
Table 1. When to Use Different Configurations
Type of System Recommended Configuration
Evaluation or training system Departmental
Small Departmental system when an external database is not available Departmental
Any size system with an external database Enterprise
A single-computer system with the option for expansion Enterprise
A load-balanced clustered system Enterprise
Use IIS as a Web server and load balancer Enterprise