Server 5.5 Do I need it.

[zog]

Hey.. Been having some wierd issues with Server 5.5

Our database is only used by 8 people at most at any time.

Do i need to use server 5.5 are there any advantages or can i just host it off my Mac G5 OS X3.3 server.

Thanks

[dkemme]

The advantages are speed ( a little ) and backup ( a lot ). FMS 5.5 is not designed to be run on OSX server, try loading a non sever version of OSX and make sure you have the latest version, I think v3.

[stanley]

I've got a client running FMS5.5 on OSX Server 10.3.x, and it works fine. It's a waste of money to run it on OSX Server, but if that's what you've got, it should run fine.

HOWEVER, you sound like you're thinking of hosting the FMP files on your server (not via FileMaker Server), which would be a huge mistake.

What exactly are the "weird issues" you are having?

-Stanley

[zog]

when i stop the fmp server sometimes it doesnt want to stop and the pinwheel just goes.. sometimes it doesnt start.

I dunknow

[stanley]

Zog:

Make sure you're using the latest updates of FMS and of the OS - it's Panther, right, in which case it should be 10.3.9.

I don't know of any known issue with FMS not starting/stopping, so more detail would be needed regarding your whole setup. There's always the possibility that you have a corrupt file (or more than one), in which case you should build a new test file and start/stop a bunch of times & see if you get the spinning beach-ball of death...

-Stanley

[IdealData]

FMS has SIGNIFICANT performance benefits over FMP hosting.

I'm still running FMS 5.5 on a G4/400 under OS 9.2 with 30+ users and over 50DBs - and no one's waiting.