topic Installation of Qlik server and publisher on different servers for load sharing in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Installation-of-Qlik-server-and-publisher-on-different-servers/m-p/339557#M1276305 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All,</P><P>we have an Qlik 10 enterprise server with publisher.</P><P>Qlik recommends to install them on separate servers:</P><P>"<SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"> </SPAN>"</P><P>QlikView Server and Publisher have different roles and handle CPU and memory differently it’s considered a best practice to separate these two components on different servers. <SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"></SPAN></P><P>If at any time QlikView performance is judged to slow down it is addressed by adding processing power. Quite simply QlikView scales almost perfectly with the addition of more cores and more CPU’s. If a given query takes 6 seconds to run against a single core CPU (of a given speed), then the same query will take ~3 seconds to run against a dual core CPU (of the same speed). It will take ~1.5 seconds against a quad core CPU and ~0.75 seconds against two quad core CPUs, etc. One must take into account some additional processing overhead when scaling with cores, however the effects on proportional linear scaling are minimal. Conversely, if additional users are making the same query then the response time will scale linearly according to the number of simultaneous users making the request and the amount of processing power available to the application.</P><P></P><P></P><P>To be able to use more CPU power for application queries I would like to install publisher on another server.</P><P></P><P>In this case are they acting as diffent servers ? Do I need an additional server license If I separate them ?</P><P>How server communicates with publisher ?</P><P></P><P>thanks in advance</P><P>Gülnur</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z Installation of Qlik server and publisher on different servers for load sharing https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Installation-of-Qlik-server-and-publisher-on-different-servers/m-p/339557#M1276305 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All,</P><P>we have an Qlik 10 enterprise server with publisher.</P><P>Qlik recommends to install them on separate servers:</P><P>"<SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"> </SPAN>"</P><P>QlikView Server and Publisher have different roles and handle CPU and memory differently it’s considered a best practice to separate these two components on different servers. <SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"></SPAN></P><P>If at any time QlikView performance is judged to slow down it is addressed by adding processing power. Quite simply QlikView scales almost perfectly with the addition of more cores and more CPU’s. If a given query takes 6 seconds to run against a single core CPU (of a given speed), then the same query will take ~3 seconds to run against a dual core CPU (of the same speed). It will take ~1.5 seconds against a quad core CPU and ~0.75 seconds against two quad core CPUs, etc. One must take into account some additional processing overhead when scaling with cores, however the effects on proportional linear scaling are minimal. Conversely, if additional users are making the same query then the response time will scale linearly according to the number of simultaneous users making the request and the amount of processing power available to the application.</P><P></P><P></P><P>To be able to use more CPU power for application queries I would like to install publisher on another server.</P><P></P><P>In this case are they acting as diffent servers ? Do I need an additional server license If I separate them ?</P><P>How server communicates with publisher ?</P><P></P><P>thanks in advance</P><P>Gülnur</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Installation-of-Qlik-server-and-publisher-on-different-servers/m-p/339557#M1276305 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z Re: Installation of Qlik server and publisher on different servers for load sharing https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Installation-of-Qlik-server-and-publisher-on-different-servers/m-p/339558#M1276307 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No, you don't need another server license to separate them.</P><P></P><P>You should consider doing an installation like this</P><P></P><P>Server 1</P><P>- QlikView Server</P><P>- QlikView WebServer</P><P></P><P>Server 2</P><P>- QlikView Distribution Service</P><P>- QlikView Directory Service</P><P>- QlikView Management Service</P><P></P><P>Then you need to set where each service is in the management console system tab.</P><P></P><P>Please look at the attached document for more information.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:23:02 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Installation-of-Qlik-server-and-publisher-on-different-servers/m-p/339558#M1276307 danielrozental 2012-04-05T14:23:02Z Re: Installation of Qlik server and publisher on different servers for load sharing https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Installation-of-Qlik-server-and-publisher-on-different-servers/m-p/339559#M1276310 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Daniel,</P><P>thanks a lot for your answer.</P><P>Next week I will get a new server. Afterwards I will try it as it.</P><P></P><P>cheers</P><P>Gülnur</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:23:44 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Installation-of-Qlik-server-and-publisher-on-different-servers/m-p/339559#M1276310 2012-04-09T17:23:44Z