I have a SharePoint 2013 server farm, two WFE, server one APP server, and one INDEX server. Should I run the AppFabric windows server on all four servers or only on two WFE servers? Thanks in advance

AppFabric is a pre-req that must be installed on all SharePoint servers.SharePoint - Nauplius Applications Microsoft SharePoint Server MVP MCITP: SharePoint Administrator 2010 ----------------------- This post is my own opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or view of Microsoft, its employees, or other MVPs.

For a small & mid size farm, the Service can be there on WFE. Beyond 10000 users the service is expected to work better on a dedicated server Source: SharePoint Streamlined Topology http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=37000Thanks Akhilesh Nirapure

After I deployed SharePoint 2013 farm, the AppFabric service installed on all 4 servers. (WEF, WEE, APP, INDEX) Currently AppFabric service are running on all 4 servers. Should AppFabric service run on all SharePoint servers? Can I run AppFabric on WFE servers only, does it cause my SharePoint 2013 server farm not working correctly? What is the best practices of runing AppFabric service on SharePoint 2013 server farm? Thanks in advance,

Hi Akhilesh, Thanks for your help. Do you mean for small & mid farm run AppFabric on WFE servers while large farm and APP servers?

Dedicated or Collocated? There are two modes in which you can run the Distributed Cache service. You can run it as a dedicated service, with no other SharePoint services running on that server. Alternatively, you can run it collocated with other SharePoint services on the same server. For large scale production use, the recommendation is to have dedicated servers hosting your cache. Microsoft recommends you avoid starting a Distributed Cache service instance on servers that are already running SQL Server, Search, Excel Services or Project Services. from http://blogs.technet.com/b/uktechnet/archive/2013/05/07/guest-post-distributed-cache-service-in-sharepoint-2013.aspx