> ### Choosing a deployment strategy

> The best strategy for deploying Fathom depends on your requirements. There is no one strategy that works bests for all environments. You may find that a combination of approaches works best for your needs. Some factors to consider when deciding upon a deployment strategy include:

> - Do you want to minimize the impact of Fathom on your production machines? If so, you should consider installing Fathom on a machine dedicated to running Fathom and use Fathom remote monitoring capabilities.
> - Do you want to view the status of all your resources from a single Fathom console? If so, you should consider using Fathom's remote resource monitoring capabilities.
> - Do you need to monitor file or log file resources on multiple machines? If so, you'll need to install Fathom on each machine. Fathom currently does not provide the ability to monitor file or log file resources remotely.
> Note: If you have NFS-mounted disks, you may be able to monitor these resources locally, even if the disks are on a remote machine.

> - Do you need to monitor network (TCP, UDP, HTTP, or ICMP) resources on multiple machines? If so, you'll need to install Fathom on each machine. Fathom currently does not provide the ability to monitor these resources on a remote machine. Note that, under most circumstances, it is sufficient to have Fathom monitor these resources from the local machine, as that will test the availability of the resources.
> - Do you need to run jobs on remote machines? If so, you'll need to install Fathom on each machine where jobs are to be run. Fathom currently does not provide the ability to start a job on a remote machine.
> - Will you be monitoring resources outside of your network firewall? If so, you'll need to perform the appropriate tunneling to allow Fathom through the firewall.
> The default port for monitoring remote OpenEdge and system resources is 6835, and the default port for monitoring remote databases is 7835.

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