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There's a update to FMPro 4.0v3. Its for the Web companion.
Re: Web Layout
From: Tom Terpening
Date: Monday, May 10, 1999
Time: 4:25:51 am
Thomas B. Terpening Jr.
President
Quadra.Net Communications Inc.
www.quadra.net
tom@quadra.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Hogan <shawn@digitalpoint.com>
To: Optigold ISP List <isp-list@optigold.com>
Date: Monday, May 10, 1999 1:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Optigold-ISP] Web Layout
>iServe Internet, Inc. wrote:
>
>>We are not running FM Pro server, but in FM Pro 4.0 v2, our cache is set
>>to 512K. Actually, when we upgraded FM Pro 4 to 4.0 v2, it opens 10
>>times faster than the older version. Maybe that has something to do
>>with it.
>>
>>Not sure though, ask Shawn, the OG and NT guru :)
>
>I'm not an NT guru (nor do I have aspirations to be one). Hehehe... I'm
>smart, but I'm not a damn rocket scientist. hehe
>
>Uhm... I would say yeah... upgrade to 4.0v2 if you are running 4.0v1
>(it's a free upgrade from FileMaker, Inc.)
>
>You might want to try (just as a test) to see what happens if you run the
>web interface on machine that isn't the same as the one running FMServer.
>
>Although, since it's a dual processor machine, I would think that NTs
>threading would make it okay. But who knows.
>
>I've seen a few instances of both the web interface and the server
>running on the same machine... The web interface snags the majority of
>the CPU resources so that it can process the request quickly. In doing
>so, it of course left very little resources for FMServer. But it needs
>to communicate with FMServer in order to get the data to serve. It
>doesn't get it in a timely manner so it hogs MORE CPU resources to try to
>get it faster, etc.
>
>Basically what it did was choke itself off from FMServer, and in doing so
>made the web interface slow.
>
>Personally, I'll just be much happier when FileMaker Pro 5.0 Server comes
>out. It will come in NT, Macintosh or UNIX (some flavors at least) and
>have the web server built into the database server so you won't need a
>separate client acting as the web server.
>
> - Shawn
>
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>President, Digital Point Solutions
>http://www.digitalpoint.com
>(619) 452-3696
>
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