For the time being, I am using remote desktop and this works extremely well. On the "server side" you have to try to limit access to other things the users may see through security controls. For example, I have them log into a server with RDT and the only thing they can see is their windows main screen with a few icons. Took everything else out so they couldn’t get to "My Computer" or Windows Explorer and delete files. It is fairly fast but nowhere near C/S. The client server thing is a custom product for now, and if you have a mature app you need to contact Razzak to work out the details. It is an outstanding enhancement and lightning fast. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roberts, Jennifer Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 11:19 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Fw: [RBASE-L] - RE: Client/Server or something else?
I’m going to give the remove desktop a try. I think that it may be the best solution to implement quickly. I will definitely be looking into the new ‘game changer’ because I think that could be best in the long run for us. Thank you all for your responses! I really appreciate the knowledge I get here. ☺ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lawrence Lustig Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:59 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Fw: [RBASE-L] - RE: Client/Server or something else? (I'll try to finish the message before hitting SEND this time) << We use a Citrix VPN client for them to log into our network. However when they try to access the database this way it is very slow and freezes up on them so I believe that the bandwidth is not sufficient. I could be mistaken because I do not know nearly enough about trying to set something like this up. I am still trying to learn. >> Don't run the application across the VPN. You're treating the WAN like a LAN, and that will produce unusable results with a file server database like R:Base. Instead, use the VPN to establish and protect the connection back to the central office. But then let the user take out a terminal session on a machine located in the main office. If you use a terminal server to do this (which will allow multiple people to get terminal sessions on the same machine at the same time) make sure to backplane the terminal server to the file server with gigabit ethernet. You'll get great performance — your remote users may well see performance better than your local users. Also, if you're on Windows Server 2008 (or you put in a new terminal server with WS2008) check out the Remote App functionality. I haven't looked into it completely myself, but I think what it does is allow you to remote an application rather than an entire desktop. If you do that, the application would appear to be running on the remote user's local desktop but would, in fact, really be running on the terminal server. -- Larry This electronic message contains information from The Ohio Masonic Home, its operating subsidiaries or affiliates. The information may be confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. The information is intended to be received solely by [email protected], for use as designated in the message. If you are not the designated recipient, you are instructed not to review, disclose, copy, distribute or otherwise use of this transmission or its contents. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify The Ohio Masonic Home immediately at [email protected]; in addition, please delete your record of transmission. Sending, receiving, downloading, displaying, printing material that is harassing, fraudulent, offensive, intimidating, defamatory, or otherwise unlawful or inappropriate is strictly prohibited by The Ohio Masonic Home.
