Hi All, One of my clients is considering moving all of their servers to a cloud computing platform - most likely Azure, but possibly AWS. This would include a mission-critical 4D application, which is currently running on 4D Server 13.6 on in-house servers in two locations. (All servers are running Windows Server 2012; most clients are Macs.) The first concerns that come to mind for me are performance and dropped connections between 4D and 4D Server. Obviously, the speed and reliability of their internet connection(s) at each location are critical variables. But I'm sure there are other issues I should be thinking about as well...
I would be interested in hearing from others who run 4D Server across the internet from the clients. That includes hosting, colocation, and basic VPN connections, but especially cloud computing platforms. And if you have considered or tried going down this road and then decided to stick with on-premises servers, I'd be interested in what drove that decision. If you have successfully implemented a cloud-based solution, some questions: - What internet connection speed (up/down) is adequate for performance to be comparable to an in-house server? I know that depends on a ton of variables - what works and doesn't work in your situation? - Are dropped connections to 4D Server a problem for you? - Is resource contention a problem? E.g. if someone is doing a sequential query on a large table - or downloading a large file, etc. - does everyone else's 4D performance suffer? - Do you have redundant high speed internet connections? With or without automatic failover? - Other considerations that were major drivers for you, or major gotchas (e.g. data security, backup, IT support costs, etc.)? - Would you recommend a particular cloud platform? Why? Any and all feedback appreciated! Thanks in advance, Ben ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
