Advantage and Disadvantage of having App Server and Web Server on same machine

[Former Community Member]

Hello Experts !

We are using AEM 5.6.1 for digital asset management (No WCM module) in our company. We are in development phase therefore still deciding about the production environment setup. Below diagram depicts the setup :

[img]Screen Shot 2014-02-24 at 11.51.07 AM.png[/img]

My question here is what would be the advantage/disadvantage to have app server and web server on same virtual machine (VM's), Since we are not going to use one of major feature of dispatcher i.e. caching. Please suggest.

Regards !

TD

[Jörg_Hoh · Accepted solution]

Even if you don't plan to use the caching feature of the dispatcher for your assets, you might still have content which is suitable for caching (e.g. Javascript, CSS, small logos etc.)... :-) Besides that I don't see any drawack to put CQ and dispatcher on the same box. If you don't need a separation from a network security point of view, it's perfectly OK to host both on the same box.

Cheers,

Jörg

[Former Community Member]

Thanks Jorg !