Good questions Larry
I think our users would want the app to work exactly as it does on their own
computer.
Most of our users are using the db constantly, adding rows, editing rows and
printing
all day.
You have to remember my users have very little computer knowledge. I talked
to
an office the other day that was making a copy of the Icon and they thought
it was making
a backup of the data.
I will see this guy this weekend and will know more about what he wants.
Thanks
Marc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence Lustig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 9:42 AM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Server based app
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On more question on this server app with 100 users across the country.
If one office had a computer crash could that corrupt the data on the
server and cause problems for the 99 other users?
You have a lot of architectural decisions to make about your application
before you can even approach this question. Obviously, when designing the
architecture of an application-for-hire, no downtime should be one of your
design principles.
The biggest questions here are:
- Are the users actually touching the database? Or are they simply saving
data in an intermediate format that's "sucked into" the database by a
server process?
- Is everybody working in a _single_ databaes instance, or do they have
their own instances? Separate instances mean less chance of spreading
problems.
- Are the users computers actually connected to the database? In a
typical web application, the computers are only actually connected for
very brief periods of time. Client server apps can be designed either
way. A terminal services application will most likely be full time
connected. The less connection time, the less chance of corruption.
--
Larry
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