Windows2008R2 and filePro

[Richard Kreiss]

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> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of Ryan Powers
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 1:41 PM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Windows2008R2 and filePro
> 
> I'm sure this question has probably come up before. I have a client of a
client,
> he has 5 workstations sharing a drive containing filePro 5.0.0.9 and Java
1.6.
> 
> For years they were using Windows Small Business Server 2003 and
> everything was running fine. They recently upgraded to Windows2008R2 (64-
> bit).
> 
> When one person is running the program, the speed is slower than before.
> When more than one is using it, it slows to a crawl. Their IT guy has run
> diagnostics and says that the server is hardly being tasked.
> 
> So, my client wants to know if this is a question of having to upgrade to
64-bit
> filePro. The IT guy of course thinks so, since "64-bit servers aren't
meant to
> run 16-bit programs".
> 
> I don't see the logic behind this unless the server is doing something
stupid in
> order to be backwards compatible with 32-bit I/O calls.
> 
> Any suggestions?

I have a client running filepro 5.6 on Server 2008 in virtual mode with 30
users/sessions without any performance problems.  Some of the users login
using terminal server.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting
rkreiss at gccconsulting.net