>What are best practices for the server and local development machines?
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>Server Machine:
> -- Local for my location, with WAN to corporate.
> -- all FoxPro data files and user appliction EXE files are located on server.
> -- Switches are HP ProCurve 100mb.
>
>1 What is the impact of having 7 hard drives on server instead of 3? Wouldn't throughput be greater? Hardware raid 5 is assumed in both cases.
>2 What is the impact of having second processor on a P4 level machine?
>3 What is optimal amount of RAM on Server?
>4 Would 1gb network switch and 1gb network card in developer machine improve performance?
>5 Are there any services on server that can be turned off?
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>Local Machine:
>1 Any performance penality running dual 17" flat panel monitors? (Matrox card with 32mb memory)
>2 1gb Ram. Is that too much?
>3 IBM P4 machine 2.6ghz ....
>4 Work files on 2nd local hard drive.
>5 Should developer machine and server be attached to same network switch in the wire closet? All connetions are 100mb Ethernet Cat5.
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Jim,

I'd suggest putting your EXE and any view DBCs on each users machine.

Regards,
>Are there any more Best Practices that should be employed to enhance our FoxPro work?