Hello, we're planning an installation of FME Server and looking to better take advantage of 64-bit capabilities, where readers and writers are not dependent on 32-bit clients. We are also planning for higher capacity by leveraging distributed engine environment. Although the admin guide does say that it is possible to place 32/64 bit clients on a single machine, it quite clearly does not recommend this.
The admin guide further details installing engines on a separate machine for a distributed engine environment, but there is no indication whether the separate machine has to have the same engine bit version as FME Server Core or what the impact would be if the bit version does not match.
If it is possible to have 32 bit engines on one machine and 64 bit engines on another, is it better to match one with FME Server Core?