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I want to install SP 2016 using "Shared Roles" and use 2 servers that have the role "Application with Search" so I get High Availability. I just want to use the search capabilities of SharePoint, I will have javaScript code call the REST endpoints to query the search.

With that said, I will NOT need the "Front End and Distributed Cache" servers, is this ok and supported?

So basically I will now get HA with just 2 servers, since I only need the search components.

Thank you

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You must have Distributed Cache in the farm; a farm without that service is unsupported. It sounds like you may want to use the Custom role instead so you can start what you need + Distributed Cache on the two servers.

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  • You think if I do Application, Distributed Cache and Search Roles on two servers would work and still get HA, or will I need to go to 4 servers now to get HA?
    – NYTom
    May 2, 2017 at 15:57
  • You can do 2 servers for HA, you just need to use the custom role.
    – user6024
    May 2, 2017 at 17:43

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