16-User Network

[Bob Rasmussen]

I would, of course, argue that running Anzio Lite or, especially, AnzioWin 
would give you more functionality on the client end than would PuTTY. 

On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, Jay Ashworth wrote:

> ---- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ryan Powers" <ryanx at indy.rr.com>
> 
> > I'm looking for an ideal configuration for a 16-user Windows network
> > running filePro 5.0.09DN9.
> > Suggestions would include Windows version, server hardware,
> > workstations, RAM, CPU, and drives.
> 
> OpenSUSE Linux 11.4, 2GB RAM, mirrored 10K SCSI at whatever size is necessary,
> and Putty 0.59 on all your workstations, which I don't care what version of
> windows they run.  Their configuration is immaterial too; putty is *teeny*.
> 
> You even get multi-console capability using Tmux or screen, and you can even
> map the console's Alt-F key pattern to do the switching (putty permits you to
> turn Alt-F4 exit off) for, near as I can gather, *specifically* this reason.
> 
> Really: you don't win *anything* by using Windows filepro across a network,
> and you lose a *lot*.  If you don't have a SQL client/server DB environment, 
> you shouldn't be moving data across your LAN, only terminal screens.
> 
> The larger your files are, the more true this is.
> 
> My guess is that a 16-user Linux runtime is cheaper than 16 copies of the 
> Windows runtime, too, but I haven't looked lately.
> 
> Cheers,
> -- jra
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