> If you are going to use network shares for the tables, just be care with > the combination of client OS and server OS, because any combination > starting with Win7->Win7 or higher, will cause corruption problems.
Sorry but that's just not true in the general case. We have hundreds of sites where this is NOT the case. It's true that sometimes problems occur like the CDX corruption issue with SMB2 that cropped up in the early days of Windows 7, normally these can be worked around and are later hot-fixed out by Microsoft. I have found that the Windows 7 and Windows 8 combination with Server 2012 is extremely reliable in terms of DBF files. > why everytime more people is staying away from DBFs and migrate to a > client-server database (MySql, MariaDB, Oracle, SqlServer, etc) Having said the above, in general it is indeed IMO a good idea these days to use a dedicated database server like those you mention, but I would do it for reasons of scalability, security, ease of backup and so on. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
