You can deploy two single-server configurations:

• Stand-alone  One computer running the Web component, index component, and search component, and running as the job server. This computer does not have Microsoft SQL Server 2000 installed. Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 setup installs the SQL Server Desktop Engine to store the databases. This computer can optionally run the components for backward-compatibility with Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001 document libraries.

  SQL Server Desktop Engine has limited throughput ability and supports databases with a maximum size of 2 gigabytes (GB). If your deployment requires significant scalability or must store more than 2 GB of documents, it is recommended that you use SQL Server in your deployment.

• Single server with SQL Server  One computer running the Web component, index component, and search component, and running as the job server. This computer has SQL Server 2000 installed. SQL Server is used to store the databases. This computer can optionally run the components for backward-compatibility with Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001 document libraries. You can also install the components for backward-compatible document libraries on another server.

For procedures to install these configurations, see Deploying a Single Server Configuration.

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Server Farm Deployments

Shared Services Deployments