Manage FAST Search Server farm topology (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Applies to: FAST Search Server 2010
Topic Last Modified: 2011-03-15
This section describes how to change the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint farm topology.
In this section:
The following table lists typical FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint performance and availability related tasks with the associated operational procedures:
Task | Required steps |
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Increase indexing capacity to make more content searchable | |
Increase query capacity to handle more queries per second or reduce query latency | |
Configure query matching high availability | |
Configure indexing high availability |
The following figure shows the main topology components for the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint farm.
FAST Search Server for SharePoint farm topology

The search cluster provides the topology for the indexing and query matching components. The following figure shows an example search cluster configuration with two index columns and three rows.
FAST search cluster topology
