Re: Filemaker ISPs

On Mar 12, 1:23 am, Helpful Harry <helpful_ha...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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<9dbb7491-6145-4e4e-879b-c560557b8...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,



pasto...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I work with a school that uses FM 8.5 Server to host a database, which
is used by teachers via IWP to enter evaluations for students.  These
are entered 4x a year, but at those times their internet service (a
standard Comcast cable service) gets VERY slow, with 8 - 10 teachers
being logged on at once.

Two questions.
1)  Are there standard ways of speeding the page loads for teachers?
There are pretty complex authentication formulas, and some portal
sorting necessary for the layouts, but nothing REALLY bad that I'm
aware of that would create severe slowdowns.

2) Would it make sense for them to host their databases on an ISP that
offers Filemaker support, instead of Filemaker Server on their own
network?  Would that have speed advantages?  They've looked into
upgrading their Comcast account to a more commercial grade, but that's
very expensive.

TIA,

Lanse Stover

I don't quite understand the set-up here.

If the file is hosted locally and the teachers are all on the same
network, then you're not actually using the Internet connection at all
and the problem must be with the school's own network (perhaps a slow
switch / router box.

The only way the Internet connection could be affecting it is if the
file is hosted elsewhere or perhaps the teachers are logging in from
off-site.

Hosting the file locally is the best solution since the Internet is
always a bottleneck.

Helpful Harry                  
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships  ;o)

Thanks for the replies...

To clarify: the setup is that teachers log into the system remotely,
from their home, through Instant Web Publishing. Some report page
loads taking 30 seconds, others don't. It may depend on their own
modem speed of course, but I suspect they all have broadband of some
sort.

I usually manage the database remotely also, with FM 8.5 Advanced, and
it seems about 3 or 4 times slower than working on the local network
at the school, especially loading pages with numerous calculated/
summary fields. The system is hosted on a Mac Xserve, running OS
10.4.
-Lanse
.

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