John May - Point In Space

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I've attached two examples of custom login forms that will specify a database to be logging into, with and without a guest login option. I *think* you can also do this via a URL, embedding the login information, using the same parameters as in the form. This is going back quite a ways now and my memory isn't 100% on all of it. Note you can also use javascript redirects in the iwp resources pages (login + logout) to rewrite the login and logout page URLs based on the (sub)domain being used to access, to avoid the default pages. - John loginforcedatabase.html loginwithguestforcedatabase.html

I did read your posts thoroughly. You would want to use the "top" command to determine if your machine is paging memory to disk. If it is, you need to up the RAM. - John

SSD != RAM. Not even close to the same speed. - John

That's not RAM

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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