Jim, Since I had already laid out some change for the compiler (7.6 and V8), I was not going to go the CS route.
Jan -----Original Message----- From: James Bentley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:27:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Multi user R:Base on a LAN I am curious. Why aren't developers moving to the client server version of RBase? I know that it has been available only for a short time compared to total number of years RBase has existed. I know a significant number of implementations predate the C/S version. Also, are there implications of the C/S version hardware, operating system, or cost that is holding back a switch? Jim Bentley American Celiac Society [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 1-504-737-3293 --- On Wed, 7/16/08, Dan Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Dan Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Multi user R:Base on a LAN > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 10:29 AM > I am using compiler and have many users. I put the database, > exe, and dlls > on a share on the server. My network is gigabit and my > users are 100mb(small > users) or 1 gigabit users(power users). > > Gigabit is so cheap now days that it is worth the money vs > time waiting. > > You can also do terminal services/citrix. Then network > speed and pc speed > is taken out of the equation. Just the server needs to be > beefy. > > I do both. > > Dan Goldberg > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tom > Frederick > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:06 AM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Multi user R:Base on a LAN > > > > We are moving our internal database project from our single > user development > machine out to 20 machines and eventually to users not > directly connected to > our LAN. Using Turbo8 compiler because of several other > projects that have > been requested. LAN is a mixture of speedy machines and > some dogs that will > need to be replaced at some point. Server works very well. > We expect > numerous problems based on the "didn't know I did > not know that" paradigm. > Our system works great on a single computer and has > required "some" changes > as we start moving to multiple machines. More will be > coming. The > differences between single user vs. multi user becomes very > obvious once it > does not work (particularly in demos) and you have to > figure it out. Just > part of the learning process. > > > > Our question (which may seem very basic): Is there a best > way to set up > multi-user R:Base on a LAN system? Data is on Drive Y where > we can secure > direct access from inquiring mice. Is it best for the > EXE/DLLs to also be on > Drive Y or remain on individual machine's Drive C to > access the Drive Y > database. We have tried both ways and they work. The > concern is LAN speed > (particularly for some older computers) and conflicts > between > tables/temps/views that the software uses. It seemed having > one network > based EXE that multiple people can access would really > effect our LAN > speed/memory, while separate EXE/DLLs on desktops isolate > some memory > processes and be primarily limited to moving data. I have > no doubt we have a > lot to learn about data and logic conflicts as we go > through this. > > > > I remain amazed at just how much DYI groups like us can do > with R:Base with > some time, interest, and willingness to learn. > > > > Tom Frederick > > Elm City Center > > 1314 W Walnut > > Jacksonville, IL 62650 > > Off - 217-245-9504 > > Fax - 217-245-2350 > > Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Web - www.elmcity.org
