>>I saw 2gb on the server...
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>If the server does not have any other server software running (like SQL engines), and users are using only VFP, then 2 GB is good memory for 8 users. Even if they run VFP and Excel, it should be enough.
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>A quick estimation of memory would be:
>128 MB for Windows 2003 Core
>4 MB for each user session
>Memory used by each application of each user: I estimate 30 MB for VFP + databases opened, and 20 MB for Excel (core and standard workseets).
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>8 users would be: 128 + (4 * 8) + (30 * 8) + (20 * 8) = 560 MB
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>And this is not completely accurate, as Terminal Server does not waste the same amount of memory when the same application is opened several times, ie if you open 8 sessions of Excel, it does not waste 20 * 8, it wastes less.
I figured out what is running and takes most of memory on the server:
MS Outlook, MS Excel.
But the problem is that there is running MS Access program, which requires a lot of memory on the same server, but it runs fast, while VFP programs running slower and slower until server restarts...
Giedrius