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FMPro Versions, was: Web Layout
From: John Driscoll
Date: Monday, May 10, 1999
Time: 9:18:19 am
OK, when I check my FMPro version, it says I have 4.1v2. All the
updaters on filemaker.com are for 4.0 versions. So, I must be
running the latest and greatest? Anyone else using this version?
John
On Stardate 9 May 99, at 21:48, Commander Shawn Hogan wrote:
> 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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