The free topology is 3 servers, one of which is the transactor (the one hosting the db in free edition). You get 2 peers _in addition to_ the transactor (connec

The free topology is 3 servers, one of which is the transactor (the one hosting the db in free edition). You get 2 peers _in addition to_ the transactor (connecting to it). So you could have one additional server beyond the web server, or 2 API servers serving a non-peer web tier etc.