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Leslie Isaacs
Hello All
I hope these are appropriate newsgroups for my query - if not I would be
very grateful if someone could tell me where to go!
I currently have a peer-to-peer network of 5 PCs, all running W2K
Professional. They are used almost exclusively for working on a pretty
complex access97 database. One of the 5 PCs is used purely as a
'fileserver': this is where the 'backend' data for the database resides, and
4 people work on the other 4 PCs which each has it's own 'frontend'.
I am considering upgrading the 'fileserver' to a 'proper' fileserver, and/or
to having Windows Small Business Server 2003 installed on it, and would be
grateful for any advice, thoughts, etc. about whether this would be
worthwhile. We do not have any complex requirements (re remote access,
etc.): the all-important thing is reliability and SPEED while working on the
access database application. Too often nowadays we get the egg-timer for
10-20 seconds on changing screens (while the underlying query runs).
I have considered upgrading to Office2003, but am concerned that this may in
fact be slower that A97?
I should add that we also have a shared ASDL connection which is used
increasingly heavily now on the 4 PCs.
I am also considering upgrading the PCs. They are all 12-18 month old, and a
mixture of P3s at 666MHz and P4s at 2000MHz, all with 256mb RAM. As far as
speeding up the access97 application is concerned, I was wondering about the
difference a new P4 at 3000MHz and 512mb would make - as compared to the
difference made by a 'proper' fileserver with Windows Small Business Server
2003 installed on it.
I hope someone can advise me with regard to investing on the current setup.
Many thanks
Leslie Isaacs
I hope these are appropriate newsgroups for my query - if not I would be
very grateful if someone could tell me where to go!
I currently have a peer-to-peer network of 5 PCs, all running W2K
Professional. They are used almost exclusively for working on a pretty
complex access97 database. One of the 5 PCs is used purely as a
'fileserver': this is where the 'backend' data for the database resides, and
4 people work on the other 4 PCs which each has it's own 'frontend'.
I am considering upgrading the 'fileserver' to a 'proper' fileserver, and/or
to having Windows Small Business Server 2003 installed on it, and would be
grateful for any advice, thoughts, etc. about whether this would be
worthwhile. We do not have any complex requirements (re remote access,
etc.): the all-important thing is reliability and SPEED while working on the
access database application. Too often nowadays we get the egg-timer for
10-20 seconds on changing screens (while the underlying query runs).
I have considered upgrading to Office2003, but am concerned that this may in
fact be slower that A97?
I should add that we also have a shared ASDL connection which is used
increasingly heavily now on the 4 PCs.
I am also considering upgrading the PCs. They are all 12-18 month old, and a
mixture of P3s at 666MHz and P4s at 2000MHz, all with 256mb RAM. As far as
speeding up the access97 application is concerned, I was wondering about the
difference a new P4 at 3000MHz and 512mb would make - as compared to the
difference made by a 'proper' fileserver with Windows Small Business Server
2003 installed on it.
I hope someone can advise me with regard to investing on the current setup.
Many thanks
Leslie Isaacs