On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:30:26 -0400, drgn65 wrote > I don't know what your setup is but here is mine. > I run samba 2.2.7. I don't use oplocks on my share that QuickBooks > is on. You most definately don't want to. Other than that I have a > pretty basic setup. I did not notice any difference between the > file on my linux server > (primary file server) or on a Win2000 Server share. What version of > QuickBooks are you using? How many users on your network? How many > users accessing QuickBooks? Does your linux server run a lot of > other server daemons? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin Kreger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 10:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Samba] Quickbooks revisited > > What about file locking? > > I've run into lots of file locking problems, leading me to slowly > just turn off file locking on several shares due to quickbooks. My > user also reports that quickbooks is now slower since I took the > server to linux/samba from the win2k server that was limited to . > > On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 16:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have QucikBooks on our network too. I have had a number of problems > with > > this crappy software. If my client actually wanted me too I'd rather > create > > my own accounting software with a better interface and a mysql backend but > > that isn't going to happen. A few things with QuickBooks that I have > > noticed that maybe will help. > > > > #1. QuickBooks in multi-user mode is much slower than in single user mode. > > This is the (crappy) design of QuickBooks. It has to do with the fact > that > > QuickBooks checks everything everywhere when in multiuser mode to make > sure > > that no data gets corrupted (even though it has corrupted before). Our > > company datafile is around ~180mb. > > > > #2. This problem will not be solved easily at all. Quickbooks appears to > be > > as slow as the weakest client link. In our case a P2 300 w/ 64 megs of > ram. > > Again, this has to do with #1. > > > > #3. Upgrading Quickbooks won't help. We've had many versions in the past > > and currently run the "Enterprise Edition." It still can be as slow as a > > turtle under certain operations. > > > > #4. My biggest complain with this software is that it requires it's users > to > > be "Power Users." Boy do I hate that.... With samba it's very difficult > for > > me to limit a Power user's ability and I have had people take advantge of > it > > repeatedly. Damn QuickBooks.... > > > > -Peter > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
I have to agree, we use QB also and it is crap when it comes to networking it. I have set Samba in various configs and QB does not seem to improve. Maybee we all need to put a big letter together signed by all of the Linux users demanding Intuit to improve this product, remove the constant ads and compile it for the Linux desktop... It's a nice dream at least. Tom -- Internet Service Provided By Abyss Communications Internet Service only $10 a month 1-866-842-2977 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba