FilePro running on Unix vs Windows

Mike Schwartz-PC Support & Services mschw at athenet.net
Wed Dec 15 18:37:56 PST 2004


> 
> Nancy means client-server vs. peer-to-peer.  If the poster wants good
> performance on Windows, I would recommend Windows Server 2003 Standard
> with Terminal Server.  All thin clients and PC's can easily access
> Terminal Server.  FilePro speed is amazing on-site or off-site--at least
> as good as on UNIX.

> RWS
> transpower at aol.com

	Do you really think you could get 250 active users running Terminal
Server sessions, even on a powerful Windows 2003 box?

	I'm not being facetious.  I'd really like to know.  I tested Windows
2000 Advanced Server a few years ago on a Dell 800Mhz server, dual
processors with 512 Megs ram and a 40 Gig SCSI array in it, and it choked by
the time I got up to 5 active terminal sessions on it running filePro.  The
customer went back to their old peer-to-peer Windows/filePro network...

	What do you think has improved?  Do you think it is because you are
(probably) running on much faster hardware?  Or, have there been significant
improvements on Windows 2003's terminal server?

Thanks for the info!

Mike Schwartz
  



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