Re: Windows Server transition - Best Practice Advice

2019-05-07 Thread Jeffrey Kain via 4D_Tech
I keep 4D Server in Program Files and the structure and data etc on a different storage system. If this was an OEM or merged app I would keep everything on the separate storage. > On May 7, 2019, at 12:45 AM, Tom Benedict wrote: > > Hi Ed, > > We had 4D Server and all 4D files including

Re: Windows Server transition - Best Practice Advice

2019-05-06 Thread Tom Benedict via 4D_Tech
Hi Ed, We had 4D Server and all 4D files including .4DD and .journal files on the same disk but separate from the . I know that it’s usually recommended to keep the .journal on a different disk or even a different file server, but since we were on a SAN, disk reliability was much higher than

Re: Windows Server transition - Best Practice Advice

2019-05-06 Thread Ed Hammond via 4D_Tech
Jeff and Tom, Thanks for the pointing us in the correct direction. We are now all 64 bit, so that hurdle has been crossed. I’ll talk to our IT staff about defender issues. Any tips on where the application should be located? Pluses and minuses for running as a service? > On May 6, 2019, at

Re: Windows Server transition - Best Practice Advice

2019-05-06 Thread Jeffrey Kain via 4D_Tech
One point - in Windows Server 2016, Windows Defender is turned on by default (antivirus/anti-malware). You'll definitely want to either write exclusions for all 4D-related directories and file types, or disable it altogether (you can do a Google search for how to completely disable it if your

Re: Windows Server transition - Best Practice Advice

2019-05-06 Thread Tom Benedict via 4D_Tech
Hi Ed, >We are beginning to transition our servers from Mac to Windows. For those >of you who have made the journey, what have you found to be best practices >for a built c/s app running on Windows Server 2016 Standard? Are there any >gotcha's we should watch out for? Direct roads to smooth

Windows Server transition - Best Practice Advice

2019-05-06 Thread Ed Hammond via 4D_Tech
Hello List, We are beginning to transition our servers from Mac to Windows. For those of you who have made the journey, what have you found to be best practices for a built c/s app running on Windows Server 2016 Standard? Are there any gotcha's we should watch out for? Direct roads to smooth