FileMaker slows down Workstation

[raffman]

Hey there!

We're running Windows NT 4.0 in a Novell-Network.

We've got big problems with FileMaker! After using FileMaker

the whole Machine is getting VERY slow...This stays till a Reboot!

We have this Phenomen on EVERY Machine FileMaker is running on!

I need a Fix for this Problem or we have to kick FileMaker!!;-(

[Steven H. Blackwell]

1. Clean out the temp files directory.

2. Where are the files physically located? If they are on a Novell Server, this is not supported, and it is in fact a very bad practice.

Old Advance Man

[Vaughan]

Check the patch level and update if necessary: the latest are 4.0v3, 4.1v3, 5.0v3, 5.5v2. (It's the vX number that is the patch level.)

[raffman]

The Program Files are on every single Machine!

It isn't running over the Network...they are local installations.

We're running FileMaker 5.5 Pro German, which means I cannot use the FileMaker Update because there's no German Updater available.

[ December 12, 2001: Message edited by: Raffael ]

[Anatoli]

quote:

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Originally posted by Raffael:

The Program Files are on every single Machine!

It isn't running over the Network...they are local installations.

We're running FileMaker 5.5 Pro German, which means I cannot use the FileMaker Update because there's no German Updater available.

[ December 12, 2001: Message edited by: Raffael ]

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Oh no! Files MUST be on single machine! That machine can open them and serve them to other users!

[Vaughan]

The *program* files are best installed locally -- which you indicate they are. However what others refer to are the *database files* themselves that people open with FMP. These should *not* be on a network server: they should either be on the users hard disk if single user, or on a FM Server if multiuser -- people open them through the Hosts command.

[Anatoli]

That was lousy job from me above Thank you Vaughan for better explanation.

I have got carried away with the "It isn't running over the Network...they are local installations" sentence. I've assumed that is about the data files.

[raffman]

Sorry for the bad explanation guys!

The PROGRAM Files are on every single Machine!

The DATABASE Files are loacated in a NetWare-Share (mapped as local drive).

Do anyone knows or seems to know, if the German Update for FMPro 5.5 is available in the near future?

Thx anyway!

[Steven H. Blackwell]

>The DATABASE Files are loacated in a NetWare-Share (mapped as local drive).

This is NOT, repeat NOT, a supported typology. Files should not be accessed via ANY OS' networking capability. Please see the Server Best Practices White paper on the FMI Web site.

Files need to be on a CPU acting as the dedicated FM Server. They are hosted by FM Server to all guests having FMP on the workstation. Server must have one of the following OS: Mac OS 9, MAc OS X, Windows 2000 Server, Windows NT 4 Server w/ SP 5 or 6A.

HTH

Old Advance Man