Opening files is slow on FMS 7

[IdealData]

I'm just starting the process of upgrading my 60 dbs into FM7/8, but the FMS 7 speed when opening the converted files is concerning.

FMS 7 is running on a G5, dual 2GHz and 2Gb RAM but this is significantly slower WHEN OPENING FILES than FMS 5.5 (OS9) on a G4/450 and 512Mb RAM. All the latest upgrades have been applied to both systems.

Please understand that I know how to do the conversion so I already corrected the file references (not that these would affect FMS 7), however it takes 5 - 10 minutes to open the files, whereas FMS 5.5 has them (the originals) open in around 30 seconds.

I don't have FMS 8 (yet) so can anyone tell me if there is a performance improvement with FMS 8 when opening files. The operating performance appears okay.

Many thanks.

[Steven H. Blackwell]

When you say that you "...corrected the file references..." did you actually consolidate them before conversion? The symptoms you describes are precisely those I would expect from the system seeking multiple references or missing references.

A couple of items to check further:

All disk indexing and Sherlock type searches turned OFF.

All OS Level file sharing OFF.

Running Server 7.0v3 or 7.0v4.

How much RAM allocated to cache?

HTH

Steven

[Ender]

Ideal, please clarify:

When you say the files are slow to open, do you mean slow to open in the Server Admin app, or slow for connecting clients to open?

[IdealData]

I just remembered I didn't correct the file refs in ALL the files.

I didn't know you could consolidate the file refs BEFORE conversion - but thanks for the pointer, I'll let you know how it goes.

[IdealData]

The slowness is in the SERVER ADMIN application - there is no problem with opening the files as a client once they are available.

Make more sense?