Mark
If you have a working app,(be it single tier) I wouldn't port it to 2 tier
to implement it on a WAN.
Firstly it would probably take a major paradigm shift to make the change to
client server and
in the end I would doubt if the bandwidth drop would be sufficient to deploy
on a wan, or in order
to make the app thin 2 tier would include virtually rewritung it!. This is
not a reflection on you
app just that the focus has to go on minimising the traffic to and from the
server and this
impacts the way you approach things.
If you app is stable look at deploying it on terminal services under 2000
and Metaframe, OK
the Metaframe is 15K for 15 users but then you can use the 'published app'
function of metaframe
which allows you to use an app in a seamless window on a remote desktop.
HTH
Neven
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, 23 May 2001 06:57
Subject: [DUG]: Can D5 Pro handle it?
Hello
I have a nation-wide client. They are using my app at 3 sites.
They now want to centralise things and have these 3 sites plus 1 other
accessing a central database for data entry and a further 4 sites for
occasional queries.
We are talking about 2200 transactions per month possibly rising to say 4000
over the next 3 years.
The database is about 10Mbytes.
I have the system working elsewhere on LANs with up to 5 users with no
problems.
My questions are:
Is there any reason that Paradox would not continue to handle things?
Is there any reason that the existing application architecture would not
work? or would I need to convert to Client/Server?
I believe that the client has Winframe - but would there be any advantages
to using Asta to provide Internet based access to the database?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Mark
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