>>Hi,
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>>A customer is having an issue of VFP9 application being slow (when used from desktops). The IT guy sent me the following message:
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>>"The server is located in our corporate data center with slightly more latency, about 19ms, that doesn't seem like it should be this slow though."
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>>Is 19ms latency very bad and could cause the application being slow? What are the typical ranges of latency?
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>>TIA
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>It depends.
>If projects the application for an environment with 100ms latency,
>and this works well,
>then 19ms is quick, if you develop on a LAN gigabit 19ms could make
>the application unusable, but at the same time, if in local developments,
>it may be that a gigabit line makes you all very slow.
Thank you. I just downloaded a big tech paper explaining the concept of 'latency'.
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