Speeding up FMPServer 3.x

[Jotel]

I have been serving my solution on a LAN quite successfully but recently went to a WAN and now I am getting lots of complaints about speed. I am hosting with FMPServer 3.4 on s dedicated windows NT 4.0 Server. I have some files that are being hosted that I could remove from the server - would that help? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Falcon91]

The major reason for your slowdown is the speed of your T1 connection and the number of files in your solution.... Most likely 1.5 MPS ... IF you have a great number of WAN users, I reccomend that you deploy your solution via: a Thin Client such as Citrix!

[Kurt Knippel]

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Originally posted by Falcon91:

The major reason for your slowdown is the speed of your T1 connection and the number of files in your solution.... Most likely 1.5 MPS ... IF you have a great number of WAN users, I reccomend that you deploy your solution via: a Thin Client such as Citrix!

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WANs are typically MUCH slower than a LAN. No reasonable way around it. Many WANs even have speeds down around 56k. This is generally way to poor to support a descent Filemaker connection.

Some kind of thin client is a good idea. Even using a remote control type program (such as Timbuktu or PC Anywhere) to control a simple LAN hooked up system will also work for a much lower pricetag.

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