server 3/os8.6/G4 NAS

[tc2468]

Has anyone ever tried opening files on a network drive (raid 5 nas) from FM Server ver 3?

Clients will still open from the G4/os8.6/FMS3 host but the server files reside on the network storage.

any comments?

performance over gigbit ethernet?

maybe a better solution would be to build raid on the G4.

[Steven H. Blackwell]

You do like to live [color:red]dangerously.

Upgrade!

Steven

[tc2468]

ok maybe this wouldnt be a good route.

could NAS be viable with the newer versions of FMPro server?

Is server v3 dangerous in itself if run properly?

Ive been running biege g3 333mhz, os 8.6 server v3 for 9 years (30 fmpro 4.1 crossplatform users / 25DB's) with minimal problems

[Steven H. Blackwell]

You'll get the best results from having the data files on the same CPU as the Server daemon/service. Server 3 is so far out of date that I can't even comment on it.

The Server Tech Brief on the FMI web site has a lot of information you can review:

http://www.filemaker.com/support/upgrade/techbriefs.html

Steven

Edited December 29, 2005 by Guest

[Wim Decorte]

NAS is really meant for files that need to be available as shared on the network. That doesn't apply to FM files, they should not be shared, only FMS should have access on them.

While NAS performance/stability can get close to Hard disk performance, it's not there yet so putting your files on it adds a level of vulnerlability. A secondary risk is that if you put your files on the NAS, the OS sharing settings may result in the FMS files being shared in ways that are not by design...