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P4 Server Administration Documentation | 2026.1

# Build server

You can offload the workload of automated build processes onto a separate machine, called a build server. If you use multiple build machines, you might call them a build farm.

Server functionality has advanced since build servers were first implemented. You should use edge servers instead (available since 2013.2). Edge servers provide additional capabilities which further reduce the load on the central server. This improves performance and adds the flexibility of being able to run write commands as part of the build or development process. To learn more, see Commit-edge overview.

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