SharePoint 2016 and Workflow manager same sQL server

Question

I got a task to define various SharePoint farm topologies. But I haven't any experience about SharePoint and anything else like that. I found some information about the system requirement and the supported topologies, but I´m not sure if they are really supported.

It's hard to find helpful information. So my question. I define a three tier topologie.

1. SharePoint 2016 Server
2. MSSQL 2016 Server
3. Workflow Manager Server

Is it supported to share the Database Server with the SharePoint and the Workflow Manager Server?

Answer 1

You can use the same SQL server for the workflow and SharePoint databases without a problem.

In fact I have a site that runs workflow manger from the SQL Server, database and IIS. This was due to the fact the all servers in the farm were Server 2016 and workflow manger is not supported on Server 2016. The only server available to install workflow manager was the SQL server which was Server 2012 R2.

Unless you have an insane amount of workflows, I wouldn't both with a dedicated workflow server, I would split the SharePoint server out into a Web and App Server.