John May - Point In Space

You may also want to consider using our professional FileMaker virtual dedicated server hosting services. On one VM with us, you can host a full install of FileMaker Server (not limited like FileMaker Cloud), as well as your MirrorSync install. Have a look at: http://www.pointinspace.com/ and let me know if you have any questions after reviewing either here or off-list to jmay(at)pointinspace.com. - John

mvoogt: Sorry, I can't comment on any specific products or implementations as there are just so many combinations. Wim: But that's just not correct. RAIDs are very often used for the primary goal of performace improvement, sometimes even without striping (for redundancy) to gain maximum performance. From Wikipedia: "RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a data storage virtualization technology that combines multiple physical disk drive components into a single logical unit for the purposes of data redundancy, performance improvement, or both." - John

What? RAIDs *most definitely* can solve performance issues. We use RAID 10 on all of our VMs, which provides both striping for speed and mirroring for redundancy. Definitely use a hardware controller and drives that are appropriate for RAIDing. Considering Thunderbolt is basically a direct path to the PCI bus, you should certainly be able to find external RAIDs that would suit your needs. I personally don't have any specific recommendations, though. I also can't say if a faster drive subsystem will solve your issues, as it could also be an issue of needing more RAM, processor power, etc. - John

I would recommend using 360Works' support@360works.com address for help with their products, not this forum. They've been very responsive in my experience. - John

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You may want to consider using a hosting service like ours: http://www.pointinspace.com/ We offer shared hosting accounts for as little as $29/month. - John

We offer FileMaker hosting worldwide: http://www.pointinspace.com/ on both shared accounts and virtual dedicated servers. We have been providing professional FileMaker hosting for over 18 years. Please let me know if you have any additional questions either here or off-list to jmay(at)pointinspace.com. Thanks! - John

Note that our pricing is competitive with AWS as well, once you factor in their hidden backup and processor time charges. - John

You should update to OS X 10.11 or 10.12. This will update your Apache and ModSSL installs. Unfortunately, FMS 11 is not compatible with these newer OS versions so you'll need to update it as well, and then your FMPro installs too. Isn't this fun? I'm not even sure how you're running FMS 11 on OS X 10.9 as it is an unsupported OS for that version. - John

This is the problem with FileMaker Cloud - there just isn't any competent support behind it. Have a look at our services for an alternative: http://www.pointinspace.com/ We've been providing professional FileMaker Hosting for over 18 years. We offer shared accounts and virtual dedicated servers running the full version of FileMaker Server (no limitations like FileMaker Cloud), and include complete management with all of our accouts. For example, we would easily be able to assist with the SSL renewal issues you are having. - John

I don't really understand those (proprietary) DNS configuration screens - we just configure BIND directly here. You can use any (sub)domain you want for your certificate, as long as it has an associated A and not CNAME record. - John

You need to point a (sub)domain being used for SSL with an A record, not a CNAME record. - John

Processor cores are usually assigned on-demand, but RAM should definitely be statically (not dynamically) assigned. Dyanmically assigned RAM is a bad idea no matter what you're running on a VM server. - John

We use 2009 Xserves here. 8 core Xeons with hyperthreading for 16 virtual cores, with up to 192GB RAM. Backended to Fibre Channel SANs. Definitely not slouches and handle *lots* of traffic. Processors haven't made it that far since these machines' inception, despite what system manufacturers may tell you. - John