(CAS) filePro Speed on Windows 200x Server

[Chris Sellitto]

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> Subject: RE: (CAS) filePro Speed on Windows 200x Server
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> [...]
> > For years we ran on a
> > Novell 5.x NOS, using filePro 4.X. All workstations were a mix of 
> > Windows 98/98se/XP. All ran relatively quick. We then upgraded to 
> > filePro 5.X, and noticed a slight degrade in the speed, but 
> nothing we 
> > could not deal with. When we moved locations, we decided to change 
> > over from Novell to Windows 200x servers. It was then we noticed a 
> > significant downgrade in the speed of filePro.
> [...]
> 
> >Are the workstations still 98, or were the workstations all 
> upgraded to 
> >Win2K?
> 
> we do still have some Win98 workstations, but the processes 
> that I speak of, are all run on WinXP, or 2000/2003 machines.
> 
> >There was a slight change made in filePro's display routines around
> >5.0.09 or .10, which had no impact on performance on 
> 95/98/Me systems, 
> >but apparently causes a performance hit on NT/2K/XP/2003 
> systems.  (No 
> >one reported this until recently -- see "Show Commands are Slowing 
> >Speed of Filepro" on this list sometime in the past month.)
> 
> we have version 5.0.13DN9.
> 
> >Do you do a large number of SHOW statements in the examples you site?
> >See also my "tip of the day - video sync" post around the same time.
> 
> there are no show commands in the processes I am concerned 
> about, but where can I find the old "Show Commands are 
> Slowing Speed of filePro" posts.  Do those posts have 
> solutions to the performance hit on those operating systems?
> I have also employed the tip of the day - video sync, which 
> works well by the way.  

> Although Ken did not suggest this, consider upgrading to 5.0.14.

> Second, have you tried running these imports from the server?  Set up a
> server startup file or create a batch file to run your imports either
> directly or from the task manager.  By running this on the server, you are
> eliminating Workstation OS and networking problems.

> Are you using any close file functions in the processing?  If so, replace
> them with writes.

> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting
   
Thank you for the reply Richard.  5.0.14 is being considered.  The real question is why does the same exact 
process run ,on the same machine (which is the server), faster while running it with filePro 4.8, and significantly slower with 5.0.13DN9?  Also to answer your other question, there are no close statements in the entire process, just writes.

Thank you again for your suggestions.

Christopher Sellitto
VP Computer Operations
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