Michelle:
We strongly recommend the use of FMServer for installations of ebase
that need to give routinely give access to ebase to more than a
couple people. Further, if you're putting in a wide-area network,
we've found that the best solution is to:
1) Install ebase on a dedicated machine running FMServer
2) Provide user access to ebase by setting up user accounts on a
machine running Terminal Server.
Terminal server optimizes each user's connection to ebase (we get
good response even with dialup connections), and FMServer optimizes
the operation of ebase and allows for automatic backup while ebase is
still in use.
It's not elegant, and it's expensive, but it works reliably. (BTW:
This is one of the reasons we've been looking at what it will take to
create a true open-source, server based version of ebase. It will
make wide-area network installations much easier.)
bob
>We are in the process of installing a network in order for our non-profit
>to share and back up files across three office locations. The main reason
>for this was to be able to share our database. We currently have two
>single-user versions of FileMaker Pro.
>
>Is FileMaker Server really better for running on a network, or would I be
>better off getting a multi-license for regular FileMaker and putting that
>on our server, price-wise and functionality-wise? FM Server would be quite
>expensive for us, especially since we've just bought all this other
>equipment. We have too much $$ to qualify for their "charity" programs,
>but not enough to spend on the Server version.
>
>Any advice from those who have done this or have intimate knowledge of
>FileMaker and its licensing? Thanks!
>
>Michelle Jones
>Information Manager
>PennFuture
>717-214-7920
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>www.pennfuture.org
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