mikeym

More appropriate for whom would be the question to ask. Generally speaking, yes, RAID 1+0 would be the preferred configuration for database servers, however, given the limited usage and data throughput that I need, would my users or I notice a difference in performance? Not really. Do we need the additional utilization provided by RAID 5? No. Do we really want to have a 4 drive array for RAID 10? Not if we don't need to. That being said, a properly configured hardware RAID controller with a battery backed cache does make a difference, and no, not all RAID controllers are created equal. Mike

I also wouldn't mind knowing more about this function as well. Wouldn't it have to be at least partially hardware based? If not, would wiping a FMP install and re-installing result in a different PersistentID?

I'm also considering a Mac Mini for a server moving forward. I think it's a viable and cost effective option depending on the type of usage you're going to expect (and your solution complexity as mentioned earlier). Not so sure I'd buy one with Apple's SSD installed, but it's fairly trivial (with the right tools) to install your own. I would imagine you could even put an enterprise class drive in there. Right now we use an early generation Mac Pro with 10,000 RPM drives in RAID 1 and it works great but it'll be hard to justify replacing that system another Mac Pro given what is now available on the consumer side. Yes, there are definitely disadvantages to using consumer based systems but there isn't such a huge gap in terms of performance and reliability anymore.

+1 Thanks for the info. Good to hear it's still maintained. I'll see if I can't get things working here and failing that I will definitely shoot you an e-mail.

There is a company called Passware that has a program that will strip away the passwords from FileMaker solutions. I haven't used this or tried it myself so I can't comment as to how well it works. You could take a look, though I highly doubt they would support the older versions of FileMaker as the feature is fairly new, but you never know.

Thanks for the info Josh. Looks like I may be better off trying to implement my own audit trail.

Anyone make use of the plugin? Is it actively maintained? I noticed in the version history the latest update was 2010. I tried installing it and using their demo database but it would just cause FileMaker Pro to freeze up.