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Tommy Jordan
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I may be starting in the wrong place, but trying to find the "right"
place to post about server/desktop/quickbooks/progression issues in
any one forum is just too broad, so here goes.
I'll welcome advice, tips on where to look, solutions,etc.
I'm running Server 2003 with Quickbooks Enterprise 7.0 AND McCullogh
Progression accounting packages installed. (Why? We are replacing
Progression with Quickbooks, but some older clients can't be ported to
the new platform so we have to run BOTH for a year or so.)
I have 12 client computers that connect to the server and pull the
accounting databases across the network. Progression uses SQL,
requiring the MSDE on the desktop client. QB uses its internal
database. When I load either program on the desktop machines, no
problem.When I load BOTH programs on to ANY of the desktop machines, I
get absolutely horrible response from the client PCs.
I've even re-throttled the process priority on the desktop machines to
see if lowering the McCullogh priority threads and giving QB realtime
priority will help, all with no luck. It doesn't seem to matter how
many desktop clients are running for this problem to occur. It occurs
on all of them, whether there are 2 or 12 logged into the server at
once.
Is there any solution anyone can think of aside from boosting the
memory in all 12 desktops? Which isn't really a fix.. just a patch.
I've REALLY been looking for a program that will "throttle" how much
memory a program can use, for example it would only allocate a maximum
of 200mb of system memory to quickbooks at any given time.
Any ideas are helpful.
Thanks
place to post about server/desktop/quickbooks/progression issues in
any one forum is just too broad, so here goes.
I'll welcome advice, tips on where to look, solutions,etc.
I'm running Server 2003 with Quickbooks Enterprise 7.0 AND McCullogh
Progression accounting packages installed. (Why? We are replacing
Progression with Quickbooks, but some older clients can't be ported to
the new platform so we have to run BOTH for a year or so.)
I have 12 client computers that connect to the server and pull the
accounting databases across the network. Progression uses SQL,
requiring the MSDE on the desktop client. QB uses its internal
database. When I load either program on the desktop machines, no
problem.When I load BOTH programs on to ANY of the desktop machines, I
get absolutely horrible response from the client PCs.
I've even re-throttled the process priority on the desktop machines to
see if lowering the McCullogh priority threads and giving QB realtime
priority will help, all with no luck. It doesn't seem to matter how
many desktop clients are running for this problem to occur. It occurs
on all of them, whether there are 2 or 12 logged into the server at
once.
Is there any solution anyone can think of aside from boosting the
memory in all 12 desktops? Which isn't really a fix.. just a patch.
I've REALLY been looking for a program that will "throttle" how much
memory a program can use, for example it would only allocate a maximum
of 200mb of system memory to quickbooks at any given time.
Any ideas are helpful.
Thanks