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Citrix temporary files
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03/04/2008 18:24:03
 
 
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03/04/2008 15:25:27
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Installation, Setup and Configuration
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01307813
Message ID:
01308085
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>>For an application running on Citrix, how does one setup the location for the temporary files (for each user)?
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>>Cyril
>
>There are two questions, really: 1) where should it be? and 2) how do you set it.
>
>The second is easy: in config.fpw, use the line
>
>tmpfiles=where I want it
>
>The first depends on network characteristics. If you are using a SAN approach with a blade server, the answer is on there, because that's all there is. But try to get a Volume dedicated to tempfiles, so you minimize contention over resources (whether the Volume is comprised of multiple LUN's -- Logical Unit Numbers -- should be irrelevant). In a SAN environment, you rarely have to worry about network speed.
>
>You will find most installations have the OS on c: and don't leave enough tempfile space for a good-sized VFP application, even against SQL Server (remember: all the cursors are really temporary files), for all the users combined. The best answer is a drive on the machine that is not used for anything else, so that it is local, and you don't get SMB locking issues (even quickreads in SMB can add up with big cursors).
>
>Hank

In config.fpw at the moment:
TMPFILES=SYS(2023)
Ignoring the performance issue for the moment, will that work for initial testing with several users?

Now if we tell them to get a drive that is not used for anything else, is this a mapped drive or a separate hard disk?

Do you then have:
TMPFILES=T:\
or do you create a folder for each user? If yes, what do you have for TMPFILES.

There are 38 users.

Regards,
Cyril
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